Saturday 24 April 2010

Housing conditions in the Victorian period (XIX)

Factory workers in the 19th century lived in tenement buildings in slums. Have a look at these.       

Notice how narrow the streets were:
   

This small attic was occupied by a family of ten.

Factory workers had to go out to the streets for water. Remember they had to share a few water pumps.

Compare the housing conditions above with the following Middle Classes Terraced houses and villas which can still be seen nowadays:


28 comments:

  1. It's inincredible how the houses change from the victorian period to now a days. The poor houses where very dirty and ugly. But the middle class houses where beautiful and very big. I like them very much.

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  2. Mireia and Nagore26 April 2010 at 11:54

    Hy!
    The photos are great!
    Bye!

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  3. VICTORIAN PERIOD

    1- In the Victorian period factory workers lived in poor areas called slums. However, nowadays we have better living conditions.

    2- In the Victorian period factory workers didn't have any domestic appliances. However, nowadays we have many of them.

    3- In the Victorian period middle class people had piped gas for heating and cooking. However, nowadays we have electric heaters for heating and electric cooker for cooking.

    4- In the Victorian period factory workers didn't have bathrooms. However, nowadays we have an average of two bathrooms.

    5- In the Victorian period up to twenty people lived in a house. However, nowadays the average is of three or four people.

    6- In the Victorian period the hoyses were very small. However, nowadays our houses are quite big.

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  4. 1.-In the Victorian period factoryworkers didn'thave domestic appliences. Houever, nowadays we have a lot of them. For example, iron, vacuum cleaner...

    2.-In the victorian period factory workers'houses were lit with candels. However nowadays we use wlwctric light bulb.

    3.-In the Victorian period factory workers' houses were heating with firepaces.However, nowadays we normally use a central heating.

    4.-In the victorian period factory workers cooked with fireplaces.However, nowadays we use to cook an electric cooker.

    5.-In the Victorian period factory workers had 1 or 2 rooms. However nowadays,we normally have 7 rooms.

    6.- In the victorian period factory workers didn't had buths. However, nowadays we have 1 or 2.

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  5. In the Victoria Period didn´t have tilen in their houses. Howeven nowadays we have it.

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  6. In the Victorian period Factory workers lived in tenement buildings. However, nowadays most of us live in flats.

    In the Victorian period the working class lived in poor areas. However, the wealthy people lived in the suburbs.

    In the Victorian period factory workers had to go out to the streets to take water. However, nowadays we have piped water.

    In the Vistorian period the houses of the working class were lit with canddles. However, nowadays we have electricity to lit our houses.

    In the Victorian period a lot of people lived in a house. However, nowadays, usually in each house lives a family.

    In the Victorian period factory workers didn't have many domestic applicances. However, nowadays we have a lot.

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  7. 1) In the Victorian period factory workers didn't had bathroom. However,nowadays factory workers have 1 or 2 bathrooms.

    2)In the Victorian period factory workers live in small houses. However, nowadays factory workers live in big houses.

    3) In the Victorian period factory workers used candles for lighting. However, nowadays factory workers use electric light bulb.

    4) In the Victorian period factory workers had the toilet outside the house. However, nowadays factory workers have the toilet inside the house.

    5) In the Victorian period factory workers had to go to the street to pump the water. However, nowadays factory workers have piped water.

    6) In the Victorian period factory workers had 4 or 5 children. However, nowadays factory workers have 2 or 3children.

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  8. Jon ander Lezeta26 April 2010 at 20:27

    1- In the victorian period factory workers lived 20 people in the same house. However, nowadays we live 4-5 people in the same house.

    2- In the victorian period one street shares a water pump. However, nowadays we have running water in our houses.

    3- In the victorian period rich people had gas cookers. However, nowadays we have electric cookers.

    4- In the victorian period rich people didn`t have refrigeration. However, nowadays we have refrigerators and freezers.

    5- In the victorian period rich people didn`t have TV. However, nowadays we have TV.

    6- In the victorian period rich people didn`t have computer. However, nowadays we have computers.

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  9. - In The Victorian Period factory workers lived in tenment buildings. However, nowadays we lived in houses

    - In The Victorian Period factory workers took the water from the water pump. However nowadays we take it from reservoirs.

    - In The Victorian Period twenty people lived in one tenment building. However, nowadays we lived five people in one house.

    - In The Victorian Period factory workers het with fireplace. However, nowadays we heat with heater.

    - In The Victorian Period to the factory workers were toilets for old the street. However, nowadays old the familys had one toilet in there houses.

    - In The Victorian Period factory workers cooked with fireplace.However, nowadays we cook with gas.

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  10. 1- In the Victorian period up to twenty people lived in one house. However, nowadays an average of four people live in one house.

    2- In the 1900s didn´t have domestic appliances. However, nowadays the have domestic appliances.

    3- In the Victorian period didn´t have bathroom. However, nowadays the have bathroom.

    4- In the 1900s the factory workers live in many small houses. However, didn´t live in many small houses.

    5- In the Victorian period the houses were lit with candles. However, the houses they are lit with electric lait factory.

    6- In the Victorian period the factory workers had the fireplace. However, in the middle classes didn´t have the fireplace.

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  11. However.

    1. In the victorian period factory workers´ houses were lit by candels. However, nowadays with electirc light bulb.

    2. In the victorian period the food was cooked with the fireplace. However, nowadays we cook with the electic cooker.

    3.In the victorian period factory workers took the water from the street. However, nowadays we have piped water.

    4.In the victorian period factory workers haven`t any bathroom. However, nowadays we have flushing toilets.

    5. In the victorian period fatal diseases such as cholera and typhoid were very common. However, nowadays there aren`t very common.

    6. In the victorian period up to twenty people could live in one house. However, nowadays we have an average off 6 people.

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  12. 1- In the Victorian period twenty factory workers lived in one house. However, nowadays lived in diferents houses.

    2- In the Victorian period the factory workers they used fireplace. However, nowadays they use the heater.

    3- In the Victorian period the factory workers didn´t have domestic appliances. However, nowadays they have it, for example: the electric light blub,, the electric iron, oven, the vacuum cleanen...

    4- In the Victorian period factory workers they didn´t have bathrooms. However, nowadays they have it.

    5- In the Victorian period factory workers they didn´t have toilet in the house. However, nowadays they have it.

    6- In the Victorian period factory workers they used fireplace for cooking. However, nowadays they have a piped gass.

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  13. In the v.P. the houses were built quiqly and cheaply.However, nowadays are built very good.

    In the V.P. the house heated was with a fireplace.However, nowadays is with heaters.

    In the V.P. they didn´t have a toilet in the house.However nowadays we have one or two toilets.

    In the V.P. only the rich people had electric light bulb.However nowadays all the people we have.

    In the V.P. only the rich people had running water.However nowadays all the people we have.

    In the V.P. the house lit was with candles.However nowadays is with electric light bulb.

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  14. 1) Whereas the rich people had servants to cook in the 1900s, in the 1300s, most peasants had to cook themselves.

    2) In the Victorian period, factory workers used to lit their house with candles. However, nowadays we have light bulbs to lit our house.

    3) In the Victorian period, the middle class people had the toilets inside their house, but in the Medieval period, peasants had the toilets outside.

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  15. 1-In the 1300s the peasants lived in huts but in the 1900s the lords lived in castles or manor houses.

    2-In 1300s the lords had toilets inside the house.However the peasants had them outside,if any.

    3-Whereas in the 1300s the lords had many servants,the peasants couldn´t afford them.

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  16. In the middle ages the food was preserved by salting, dryng smoking and picklin in vinegar.However, we preserve the products in the freezer and cooler

    In the middle ages in Europe anybody can`t ate a lot of products like chocalate, tomatoes etc. because they weren`t founded, whereas, nowadays anybody can eat products of all the parts of the world with any problem.

    In the middle ages women prepared the food in the peasant`s houses and men were cooks in the manor houses. Whereas, everybody can cook in their houses and women are cooks too

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  17. In the Middle Ages, peasants lived in huts, made of wood or local stone. However, lords lived in castles or manor houses. In the Victorian Period, factory workers lived in small houses or tenement buildings, located in poor areas called ``slums´´. But, middle classes lived in villas or terraced houses. Althought, nowadays we live in flats, apartments, villas, mansions, lofts, terraced houses, semi-detacheds...


    In the Middle Ages, peasants´ houses were lit with small openings with wooden shuters. Lords lit their houses with windows with lattice frames covered in linen. However, in the 1900s, factory workers lit their houses using candles. But, middle classes lit their homes with electric light bulbs. Nowadays, we use lamps and bulbs to get light.

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  18. Ibon Arteaga

    -In the middle ages the peasants ate dark, heav bread made out of rye and barley. however nowadays, the people eat bread that is made of wheat.

    -In the middle ages the peasants lived in huts, whereas nowadays the people live in in houses that is made of stone.

    -In the middle ages the peasants houses roof was made of straw, already nowadays the houses roof is made of tile

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  19. 1-In the Victorian Period, middle class people, had the toilets inside their houses,howeber,in the middle ages the toilets were outside the houses.

    2-In the Victorian Period, they had to took water from the water pump,wheras, now a days we have taps in most of our houses.

    3-In the Victorian Period, the factory worker´s houses were heated by the fireplace,although, nowadays we use the central heating.

    4-In the Victorian Period,the factory workers lighted their houses with candels,howeber, nowadays we have electric light bulbs in our houses.

    -With all this information, we can say that the living conditions change a lot from the Victorian Period to nowadays.

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  20. 1-In the 1300s, the peasants lived in small huts. However, in 1900s, the factory workers lived in tenement buildings.

    2-Whereas the lords in the 1300s lived in big manor houses, the peasants only could afford small huts.

    3-In the 1300s, the peasants had only a firepalce for lighting and cooking, but the lords had more than one fireplace for lighting and cooking.

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  21. 1-The Lords had the electric light.However the peasants had the candle light.

    2-The peasants lived in the hut,but,the Lords lived in the castles.

    3-In the 1300s the lords had the house made of stone.Whereas, the 1300s the peasant had the house made of wood

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  22. BUT

    Factory workers in the 19th century lived in tenement buidings in slums. But now oftenlive in flats, apartments...

    WHEREAS

    The house of poor families used to live whole. Whereas the rich families used to big and spcious houses.

    HOWEVER

    In the 1900s middle classe people had piped gas for cooking. However, nowaddys we have electric cooker.

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  23. - The rich people in the 1900s had bulbs to lit the house, but the lords in the 1300s had candels to it.
    - The peasants ate pottage in the 1300s. However, the lords ate meat and fish in the 1300.
    - Whereas the factory workers in the 1900s lived in tenement buldings, the peasants in the 1300s lived in small huts.

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  24. 1- In the 1900s the middle classes lived in vilass or terraced houses. However most of people could not afford them.

    2- Whereas in the 1300s the rich had a toilet,the peasant in 1300s coul not had afford it.

    3-In the 1900s the factory workers two or three families lived in the house, but the middle class only one family lived in the house.

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  25. 1- in the 1300s the rich used fire to heating the house howeber in the 1900s the rich used gas
    2- inthe 1300s the rich used candles to liting the house howeber in the 1300s the rich used gas
    3- in the 1300s the riuch haf more dan one fireplace howeber the poure only one

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  26. In the Middle ages, peasants hosuses were call huts, witch they were made of straw roofs, wooden or local stones and dirt floors. They were dark, cold and damp. In the Victorian period,they lived in slums,terraced hose or villas in more select areas. However, nowadays we live in appartament, semidechated, flats, farms... made of marvel,brick, concrette etc. in a very good living conditions.

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  27. In the Middle Ages peasants lived in huts,made of straw roofs and local stones.they were very poor houses if you compare with nowadays ones.

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  28. In the Victorian period Factory workers lived in tenement buildings wich were built quickly and cheaply, whereas, nowadays most of us live in flats, semi-detached houses, villas...

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