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My grandfather and his younger brother and sister were shipped to Canada in 1901 from the Middlemore home in Birmingham. They were orphans and were part of the British Home Children disaster that went on for 75 years. The boys were abused by their new masters who used them as slaves on farms. I have orphanage records that talk about their life after leaving Canada, including that.
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The poor kid eating a hatful of plums reminded me of this poverty striken family that lived at the far end of my street when i was a child, in a dilapidated house, right next to the train tracks. No father, mother was in the paper being busted for heroin and prostitution at various times. She had two older girls, and the young boy, who was in classes with my little brother, and my mother took pity on, she'd feed him whenever he asked. One morning he came over hungry with vomit down the front of his shirt. He'd eaten "apples" for breakfast. I guess we just arent built to eat so much of that kind of thing. Who knows if some enzyme or the fiber content or what does it, but eat too much fruit and, you'll be sick But yeah, i was just a small child, not at all sensitive to the suffering of others, and that scene got to me. Poor kid.
Fruit is wonderful for your health. It should be eaten separately from cooked foods and sweet and sour fruits should not be mixed. According to master hygienists, 70% of our daily diet should be FRUIT.
Poor little tots. We must never forget that these people existed, that their lives mattered and were very much part of the fabric that made and shaped Britain. I hope that they have found peace and happiness wherever they are now. ❤
To think this period of history is glorified by so many in the UK, the monarchs and statesmen of time are worshipped when this was the reality for the majority.
It was a a golden age for the wealthy, that too often gained their wealth from the working poor, and were often the same people that owned the hovels and oversaw the distribution of meagre help to the ‘deserving poor’ Unfortunately, it seems that although conditions are not comparable, the gap between well off/wealthy and the poorest in society is as wide as ever. Attitudes still have not changed either
That was not the reality of life for the majority. Victorian times are when much of the sewage ways were built. When street lights became the norm. When the hydropower was invented. When everything was made with the utmost pride. To a standard that in many cases cannot be recreated.
Yeah. I'm 61. A disabled veteran. When I was on the streets in St Petersburg FL I ate out of the dumpsters a few times. Donuts at 2am. Produce though wilted. Some food was actually pretty good but I felt like a slug. As a child I didn't have to go through that. Sad. And children in the world still live like this.
I don’t understand how the queen could live in such glory and splendor when the countries children were starving. She had MORE than enough to feed them.
@@69JONESYrugby Queen Victoria was the richest women in the world at the time with valuable landholdings and an ever expanding empire. Her husband Prince Albert had their finances in top shape with investments before his death in 1861. Her private estates in Britain alone were worth a few million which in Victorian times is unimaginable wealth. She had more than enough to solve this issue and then some. However, it was a different world, class was strongly entrenched. Not only did she not really think about this because of her upbringing, she just wasn't fully aware of the extent of things and I doubt her government would be open to her solving the issues of poverty. Many of them benefited and built generational wealth from taking advantage of the poor.
@@feyrol42 She knew what was going on but simply didnt care. Also times are not much different. Look at poverty and rising inflation. Billionaire yacts. And people starve. As Tupac the rapper said "The got money for wars but cant feed the poor"
UA-cam persistently refuses to alert me that you've posted. And I sort of forgot yesterday was Sunday. It's no surprise life expectancy was so low. What's surprising is that any survived to adulthood.
Depressing thing is "Pagpag" is a food eaten in the phillipines today made with "recycled food", mostly left over foods fished out of the trash, especially chicken bones from places like fried chicken resturants, that are cooked and sold to the poorest people in places like manila
@@irenedavo3768Actually, where are the governments?!?! Its not up to charities and the goodwill of others (which is not guaranteed) to fill the job of the government.
Common across history and into the modern day. Still happens in many parts of Africa and Asia today. The Phillipines have something like over a million people who eat "Pagpag", food scraps from garbage cans sold by specialized vendors, on a daily basis.
@@arthas640It's being orchestrated by COLONIZER THEFT in Africa. Africa at this time had No hunger, no poverty no filth. The West brought this culture to the global South. Google accounts of Arab traders in Africa like Ibn Battuta who talked about how clean, and well organized West Africa and East Africa was. No beggars, no hunger until 🤚🏻 showed up to STEAL. This kind of inhumanity filth and misery imposed on human beings seen on this channel is GREEDY Western culture.
@@ceterumcenseo12 My thoughts exactly. There are still places where women are considered to be baby cannons and absurd religious beliefs demand that people breed as much as possible.
I 'll tell you something - i knew a lot of people who grew up in the Great Depression of the 20's/ 30's , and their lives weren't far off these poor souls .
Thanks so much for sharing these pieces. I have trouble with eye strain, so reading primary sources can become an issue for me, but there's really no substitute for it. So these videos make history that much more accessible to me, it's appreciated 💚
Existence is what you make of it. Suffering, illness, old age, and losing absolutely everything is in the cards for all of us. Still, no reason to not enjoy life
@@ceterumcenseo12 eh I mean, we're overpopulated and there's a looming ecological crisis coming too. but yeah I tend to agree that nobody should have kids unless they really want to. And even then ideally, you shouldn't, or try to just have one.
There was no such thing as "garbage or trash" in Victorian times. It was in this age Child poor laws and protections came into being. It's hidious to think that I'm places like India and Brazil children are still 'stuck" in "Victorian times" Living on the streets, starving, used and abused, frequently trained and maimed in order to beg and thieve. So tragic in this 21st century.
I enjoy every video you do Fact Feast. It is like traveling back in time. So beautifully narrated and delivered. Frank Mc Court in both film and book described how horrendous life was here in Ireland but I don't think anything could match your style. Thank you for such lovely , historic and thought provoking stories. You are the best imo.❤.
Heartbreaking,when so many others were wealthy. There’s still 81,000 homeless children living on the streets of London in 2023,a disgusting statistic for one of the richest countries in the world ‼️
Poor,hungry af,dirty stinking no pads or tampons,food,drink,fridge,toilet,and your husband is drunk,hungry,mean,you're not gonna tell him no to sex,he'll just beat her and do it anyways,wasn't a woman's choice I think,if you don't know I w yet,it's a man's world baby,im54 trust me,😢
How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel . As always I gathered main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s children literature have many orphans stories particularly victorian era cherished developing orphans story canon with as Charles Dickens such as hans Christian Andersen fairy tale ( little match girl ) . Many children of victorian era lived in workhouses because their parents had died or no one looked after them. Victorian parents were not known for showing affection. They believed even minimal amount of affection would spoil kids . Charles Dickens wrote book Charles Dickens and street children of London. He mentioned babies being dropped by mothers too poor to care for them and stunning lack of compassion from upper class . Charles Dickens realized that member of low class were no different from he , even worse they were given no chance to better themselves. Really victorian era is miserable history especially for poor people. Good luck to you your dearest ones .
This most dark education of unimaginable but graphic history of child poverty reminds me of the book by E.P. Thompson entitled: The Making of the English Working Class. The author compares the Era of Victorian neglect and inhumane disregard of impoverished children to nothing short of Fascist treatment which is hard to deny.
You can take a person out of poverty, but the ghost of poverty will always be there. No wonder I have learned to live frugally. No doubt 'Empire' was much more important to those in power than the man/woman in the street.
I'd like to see a documentary about 19th C. Revolutions in europe. Thanks for the films I like the story and the photos are great where do you get them from.
The English sense of humour, which is very sharp and witty was formed out of the coldness and child cruelty from the English. Then the English rule was in Australia, and to grow up in Australia, meant to squeeze as much work out of the worker for the least amount of wages, very oppressive indeed. Also hope to one day see documentaries on the rich Lords etc in the UK, and how they became rich, how much exploitation was used to make them rich at that time.
The English ruled the world. " The sun never set on British Empire " . Nobody rivaled them . A system kept in place, by a Puritanical Theocracy, and hardest of financial capitalism,,heredity, class system . People where seen as defacto slaves , to this power . All institutions built to enforce this cruelty. We are fed charming stories , quaint novelties , or glorious artifacts. The reality for the great masses was ugly , institutional exploitation.
Hence why I think it is an insult when the British get called colonisers. The super rich were but the everyday Brit wasn’t a coloniser and was just trying to make their way in the world and that’s the same for today.
Look at Edinburgh, Dublin, or London during Victorian England, or New York city for that matter; they would make Skid Row in Los Angeles look like Disneyland. One thing that I could never understand including today is 'Why are you continuing to have kids in an effort to help support a household that you couldn't support in the first place'. Having more kids does not improve conditions, it in fact makes them even worse. Why do some people have kids when they cannot even provide for themselves ?
Because back in the day contraception was not easy to come by. Women had little agency, especially poor women. I think it is more relevant today as contraception is more readily available and certainly in the UK it is free. I don’t understand people having more children than they can afford in the modern age.
@@paleface4404 because the aid is a way to control the third world elite and a way to secure all the goods that make food, clothing, technology cheaper in the first world.
Lets pray for the souls who went astray through no fault of their own, deceased now and want them to be peaceful. Fancy having children one cant look after, understand some were orphaned, but the others were just brought into a world that could not care for them.
When my great aunt was a child they would occasionally have 1 egg to eat for the whole family. Their father would eat the whole egg in front of them with the children looking on. They also all had to sleep in one bed the whole family
Poverty, abuse, substance abuse, birth defects, lack of birth control seems to me to be a major reason for so many orphans. However, if a young population was needed elsewhere, I'm sure kids were taken more readily.
I know kids that are malnourished and neglected, mom just stares at Facebook and chain smokes 🚬 like a zombie. I really feel for these kids. No future, no future for you~ J Lydon
Lack of contraception. Also, so many died young that it was acceptable to have a lot, hoping at least one or two would work their way up and help the parents as they aged. It was the way of things.
Something very wrong to see so much poverty and then the media showing the rich and billionaires in the world whilst other on streets, rarely get z mention on news media. The world is gready in parts.
I don't know how more people don't draw a direct line between the living and working conditions of the European poor and working classes and the utter failure of the monarchy. Dynasty after dynasty, monarchs and their lesser aristocrats designed an entire system only to suit themselves- and having a permanent underclass a day away from starvation or homelessness was all part of the plan. Add in the English Parliament's failure to do anything on top of the failure of Queen Victoria- during this era- and you really have to wonder why the Brits didn't overthrow the entire system. Even now, they've crowned themselves yet ANOTHER pointless king. It defies reason. At least, now we know why so many people ran away from Europe to try and make better lives for themselves in the States. And we DEFINITELY know why labor strikes are the only way to exercise power against the ruling classes, as true today as it was then.
@@denisedalton8399 No there was no canibalism, Queen Victoria shipped them to the Colonies to save them before it arrives. The famine was an accident not a Genocide, it was a microbe who rotted the potatoes and there was no way to see it back then...
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Are these actual pictures from the time?
My grandfather and his younger brother and sister were shipped to Canada in 1901 from the Middlemore home in Birmingham. They were orphans and were part of the British Home Children disaster that went on for 75 years. The boys were abused by their new masters who used them as slaves on farms. I have orphanage records that talk about their life after leaving Canada, including that.
Mine too!
My grandfather went back to fight in both world wars as well, with the 26th New Brunswick Regiment in WW1. He was one of the few originals that returned from war after leaving in June 1915 from Saint John NB. @freebeerfordworkers
Compensation to these poor kids wouldn't go astray. Im sure this treatment effected them for the rest of their lives.
The poor kid eating a hatful of plums reminded me of this poverty striken family that lived at the far end of my street when i was a child, in a dilapidated house, right next to the train tracks.
No father, mother was in the paper being busted for heroin and prostitution at various times. She had two older girls, and the young boy, who was in classes with my little brother, and my mother took pity on, she'd feed him whenever he asked.
One morning he came over hungry with vomit down the front of his shirt. He'd eaten "apples" for breakfast.
I guess we just arent built to eat so much of that kind of thing. Who knows if some enzyme or the fiber content or what does it, but eat too much fruit and, you'll be sick
But yeah, i was just a small child, not at all sensitive to the suffering of others, and that scene got to me. Poor kid.
Fruit is wonderful for your health. It should be eaten separately from cooked foods and sweet and sour fruits should not be mixed. According to master hygienists, 70% of our daily diet should be FRUIT.
That's your take away from that episode in your life?
Eating too much fruit is bad for you.
Seriously? Lol
Poor little tots. We must never forget that these people existed, that their lives mattered and were very much part of the fabric that made and shaped Britain. I hope that they have found peace and happiness wherever they are now. ❤
To think this period of history is glorified by so many in the UK, the monarchs and statesmen of time are worshipped when this was the reality for the majority.
It still is,thsts life unfortunately
It was a a golden age for the wealthy, that too often gained their wealth from the working poor, and were often the same people that owned the hovels and oversaw the distribution of meagre help to the ‘deserving poor’
Unfortunately, it seems that although conditions are not comparable, the gap between well off/wealthy and the poorest in society is as wide as ever. Attitudes still have not changed either
It’s a stepping stone to where we are today. Those are our ancestors.
That was not the reality of life for the majority.
Victorian times are when much of the sewage ways were built. When street lights became the norm. When the hydropower was invented. When everything was made with the utmost pride. To a standard that in many cases cannot be recreated.
It is glorified due to the industrial innovation and inventions which changed the country's history.
Yeah. I'm 61. A disabled veteran. When I was on the streets in St Petersburg FL I ate out of the dumpsters a few times. Donuts at 2am. Produce though wilted. Some food was actually pretty good but I felt like a slug. As a child I didn't have to go through that. Sad. And children in the world still live like this.
I don’t understand how the queen could live in such glory and splendor when the countries children were starving. She had MORE than enough to feed them.
That's so true. I can't wrap my head around it.
@@MissTupsyi was about to comment the same. Disgusting- in death they are held accountable by their Catholic God.
How much did She have?
...and
How many needed to be fed and housed every day for 60 years?
@@69JONESYrugby Queen Victoria was the richest women in the world at the time with valuable landholdings and an ever expanding empire. Her husband Prince Albert had their finances in top shape with investments before his death in 1861. Her private estates in Britain alone were worth a few million which in Victorian times is unimaginable wealth. She had more than enough to solve this issue and then some. However, it was a different world, class was strongly entrenched. Not only did she not really think about this because of her upbringing, she just wasn't fully aware of the extent of things and I doubt her government would be open to her solving the issues of poverty. Many of them benefited and built generational wealth from taking advantage of the poor.
@@feyrol42 She knew what was going on but simply didnt care. Also times are not much different. Look at poverty and rising inflation. Billionaire yacts. And people starve. As Tupac the rapper said "The got money for wars but cant feed the poor"
UA-cam persistently refuses to alert me that you've posted. And I sort of forgot yesterday was Sunday.
It's no surprise life expectancy was so low. What's surprising is that any survived to adulthood.
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Depressing thing is "Pagpag" is a food eaten in the phillipines today made with "recycled food", mostly left over foods fished out of the trash, especially chicken bones from places like fried chicken resturants, that are cooked and sold to the poorest people in places like manila
I’ve seen a video about pagpag. What’s really terrible is that in some parts of the world, even people who eat pagpag would be considered fortunate. 😢
Where are the Charities?
@@irenedavo3768Actually, where are the governments?!?! Its not up to charities and the goodwill of others (which is not guaranteed) to fill the job of the government.
Youth problems are dna, Victorian era was a historical problem.
Thanks for educating us, we look to the past for good and bad when we have it staring at us in the face and not know it's there.@@Kasarija
I think this would happen to all children around the world in this era. Australia had similar issues too.😢
Common across history and into the modern day. Still happens in many parts of Africa and Asia today. The Phillipines have something like over a million people who eat "Pagpag", food scraps from garbage cans sold by specialized vendors, on a daily basis.
@@arthas640It's being orchestrated by COLONIZER THEFT in Africa. Africa at this time had No hunger, no poverty no filth. The West brought this culture to the global South. Google accounts of Arab traders in Africa like Ibn Battuta who talked about how clean, and well organized West Africa and East Africa was. No beggars, no hunger until 🤚🏻 showed up to STEAL. This kind of inhumanity filth and misery imposed on human beings seen on this channel is GREEDY Western culture.
Not really,even convicts got pretty good food,i have seen the menu,it would be way better than Blighty...
Yet another reason to be grateful for what we have now.
@@ceterumcenseo12 My thoughts exactly. There are still places where women are considered to be baby cannons and absurd religious beliefs demand that people breed as much as possible.
@@kayb9979 Yea well life isn't perfect. Maybe in 10000 years we'll move away from our survival programming.
I 'll tell you something - i knew a lot of people who grew up in the Great Depression of the 20's/ 30's , and their lives weren't far off these poor souls .
Thanks so much for sharing these pieces. I have trouble with eye strain, so reading primary sources can become an issue for me, but there's really no substitute for it. So these videos make history that much more accessible to me, it's appreciated 💚
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your comment.
I don't know where you find these written first hand accounts...but, I LOVE them!
Thank you for sharing!!!
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absolutely heartbreaking
During the Great Depression in America some families put their children up for sale, so they then could at least be fed. 😢
Yes, good old Victorian values.
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@@FactFeast This channel is excellent. Quite literally the best thing I've come across on UA-cam. Thank you for this amazing content.
That's so sad, poor children. We will always have poverty no matter what
Thank you. YES Grim times ...+in many countries this goes on TODAY so sad..
Thanks for listening to this history.
Misery loves company.i would never produce a child to keep me company in this horrible world.
Existence is what you make of it. Suffering, illness, old age, and losing absolutely everything is in the cards for all of us. Still, no reason to not enjoy life
@@ceterumcenseo12 eh I mean, we're overpopulated and there's a looming ecological crisis coming too. but yeah I tend to agree that nobody should have kids unless they really want to. And even then ideally, you shouldn't, or try to just have one.
There was no such thing as "garbage or trash" in Victorian times. It was in this age Child poor laws and protections came into being. It's hidious to think that I'm places like India and Brazil children are still 'stuck" in "Victorian times" Living on the streets, starving, used and abused, frequently trained and maimed in order to beg and thieve. So tragic in this 21st century.
I enjoy every video you do Fact Feast. It is like traveling back in time. So beautifully narrated and delivered. Frank Mc Court in both film and book described how horrendous life was here in Ireland but I don't think anything could match your style. Thank you for such lovely , historic and thought provoking stories. You are the best imo.❤.
Thanks F.F.❤
I’m grateful for your comment 😊
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Heartbreaking,when so many others were wealthy.
There’s still 81,000 homeless children living on the streets of London in 2023,a disgusting statistic for one of the richest countries in the world ‼️
By tradition, the Brits still eat garbage.
...and people still vote for the Tories. Embarrassing.
I wonder why ?
@@charlottef87because they know labour would ruin the country with socialism
I'd love to know where you got that figure from. I think you are talking nonsense
I really enjoyed that especially the Mr. Bunkle reference never knew his name was used to describe the Clergy with power at the time ❤.
Thanks Olwyn. Glad you found it interesting.
Children do not ask to be born ...
Poor,hungry af,dirty stinking no pads or tampons,food,drink,fridge,toilet,and your husband is drunk,hungry,mean,you're not gonna tell him no to sex,he'll just beat her and do it anyways,wasn't a woman's choice I think,if you don't know I w yet,it's a man's world baby,im54 trust me,😢
How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel . As always I gathered main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s children literature have many orphans stories particularly victorian era cherished developing orphans story canon with as Charles Dickens such as hans Christian Andersen fairy tale ( little match girl ) . Many children of victorian era lived in workhouses because their parents had died or no one looked after them. Victorian parents were not known for showing affection. They believed even minimal amount of affection would spoil kids . Charles Dickens wrote book Charles Dickens and street children of London. He mentioned babies being dropped by mothers too poor to care for them and stunning lack of compassion from upper class . Charles Dickens realized that member of low class were no different from he , even worse they were given no chance to better themselves. Really victorian era is miserable history especially for poor people. Good luck to you your dearest ones .
Thank you for taking the time to comment Khatoon. It’s really appreciated.
Sad,the children worked just as hard as the adults
I shall be starting a GoFundMe for these poor Victorian children.
Go for it. You never know until you try, lol.
How will that help them now? 😂
@@johnross2924Yes. Do tell 🥴
This most dark education of unimaginable but graphic history of child poverty reminds me of the book by E.P. Thompson entitled: The Making of the English Working Class. The author compares the Era of Victorian neglect and inhumane disregard of impoverished children to nothing short of Fascist treatment which is hard to deny.
I wonder what the legacy of this is on the psyche of their descendants
WHILE QUEEN VICTORIA ATE GOOD FOOD EVERY MEAL . THESE POOR WRETCHED CHILDREN AND ADULTS ATE SHITE..AND WORE RAGS IF THEY WER FORTUNATE..
Thank you! Agree totally!.
How anyone survived without footwear in Britain during winter is just beyond me, you see so many poor children then barefoot, just appalling.
Let the Royal Family put right all the wrongs of yesteryear...... They grew rich of child labor, workhouses, and so on...
It's a crying shame....
Exactly
You can take a person out of poverty, but the ghost of poverty will always be there. No wonder I have learned to live frugally. No doubt 'Empire' was much more important
to those in power than the man/woman in the street.
I'd like to see a documentary about 19th C. Revolutions in europe. Thanks for the films I like the story and the photos are great where do you get them from.
The English sense of humour, which is very sharp and witty was formed out of the coldness and child cruelty from the English. Then the English rule was in Australia, and to grow up in Australia, meant to squeeze as much work out of the worker for the least amount of wages, very oppressive indeed. Also hope to one day see documentaries on the rich Lords etc in the UK, and how they became rich, how much exploitation was used to make them rich at that time.
what a brilliant glimpse into the lives of many of our ancestors. tragic, yet fascinating..
_"... dervived from sources innumerable."_
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It’s hard to imagine how tough it was for some. Thank you for writing!
They didn’t eat garbage , they ate rubbish . Garbage is an American word.
Actually it isn't. The word comes from Middle English, centuries earlier.
The English ruled the world. " The sun never set on British Empire " .
Nobody rivaled them .
A system kept in place, by a Puritanical Theocracy, and hardest of financial capitalism,,heredity, class system .
People where seen as defacto slaves , to this power .
All institutions built to enforce this cruelty.
We are fed charming stories , quaint novelties , or glorious artifacts.
The reality for the great masses was ugly , institutional exploitation.
Hence why I think it is an insult when the British get called colonisers. The super rich were but the everyday Brit wasn’t a coloniser and was just trying to make their way in the world and that’s the same for today.
But the King and Queen and their families ate well. What a horrible life.
Good to give everyone everything though? Don't make life worse, but not slavery either.
I wonder what the future people will think about ourselves in 150! year's..as barbaric unfelling selfish people..
I used to joke that there was no point keeping an immune system unless you took it walkies every now and then. That was before 2019.
Oh gee, Queen Victoria, would it be so hard to help a little bit?
Does anyone have the information about the painting at 8:30?
Scavenging Market Waste for food was fun !
I want children, yet conditions never seem right.
Yet, the least capabke of raising children have them without any consideration to their well being.
Look at Edinburgh, Dublin, or London during Victorian England, or New York city for that matter; they would make Skid Row in Los Angeles look like Disneyland. One thing that I could never understand including today is
'Why are you continuing to have kids in an effort to help support a household that you couldn't support in the first place'. Having more kids does not improve conditions, it in fact makes them even worse. Why do some people have kids when they cannot even provide for themselves ?
Yes why do we send aid to the third world.
Because back in the day contraception was not easy to come by.
Women had little agency, especially poor women.
I think it is more relevant today as contraception is more readily available and certainly in the UK it is free. I don’t understand people having more children than they can afford in the modern age.
@@paleface4404 because the aid is a way to control the third world elite and a way to secure all the goods that make food, clothing, technology cheaper in the first world.
Contraception wasn't really a thing back then and it was even frowned upon
Contraception is still frowned on by the Catholic church
Wonder what the suicide rate was.awful
Lets pray for the souls who went astray through no fault of their own, deceased now and want them to be peaceful. Fancy having children one cant look after, understand some were orphaned, but the others were just brought into a world that could not care for them.
When my great aunt was a child they would occasionally have 1 egg to eat for the whole family. Their father would eat the whole egg in front of them with the children looking on. They also all had to sleep in one bed the whole family
Hard for us today to comprehend how society treated their children back then.
Still have similar problems, but society is more aware, responsible & able to respond.
I wonder if the person that wrote these accounts ever went without so much as a single meal. I bet they never knew hunger once. 😢
Wrong expression, I know, but food for thought. Big time.💯
Too many kids per family and irrisponsible parents to bring children into the world they cant feed, brought it on themselves unfortunately
Poverty, abuse, substance abuse, birth defects, lack of birth control seems to me to be a major reason for so many orphans. However, if a young population was needed elsewhere, I'm sure kids were taken more readily.
Makes you wonder what generational impact this lifestyle has today.
I know kids that are malnourished and neglected, mom just stares at Facebook and chain smokes 🚬 like a zombie. I really feel for these kids. No future, no future for you~ J Lydon
Lack of contraception.
Also, so many died young that it was acceptable to have a lot, hoping at least one or two would work their way up and help the parents as they aged.
It was the way of things.
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It makes me laugh that people think its so different today 😂 not much different at all
Greed
You've got to pick a pocket or two 😮poòoooo
Something very wrong to see so much poverty and then the media showing the rich and billionaires in the world whilst other on streets, rarely get z mention on news media. The world is gready in parts.
Where was Queen Victoria????
Sadly even the boys from angelas ashes had it slightly better 😢
I don't know how more people don't draw a direct line between the living and working conditions of the European poor and working classes and the utter failure of the monarchy. Dynasty after dynasty, monarchs and their lesser aristocrats designed an entire system only to suit themselves- and having a permanent underclass a day away from starvation or homelessness was all part of the plan. Add in the English Parliament's failure to do anything on top of the failure of Queen Victoria- during this era- and you really have to wonder why the Brits didn't overthrow the entire system. Even now, they've crowned themselves yet ANOTHER pointless king. It defies reason. At least, now we know why so many people ran away from Europe to try and make better lives for themselves in the States. And we DEFINITELY know why labor strikes are the only way to exercise power against the ruling classes, as true today as it was then.
Some. People. Would. Like those. Days. Back. ! So they. Could. Reign. Supreme. Over the. Poor. And. Helpless populace.
Stiĺl like this in india but hey they love to judge canada these days
It was these conditions which inspired Marx to write his famous manifesto…
Still not as bad as Ukraine under Stalinism where the parents were so poor they ate the children.
Same as Ireland during the potato famine..😢
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No there was no canibalism, Queen Victoria shipped them to the Colonies to save them before it arrives. The famine was an accident not a Genocide, it was a microbe who rotted the potatoes and there was no way to see it back then...
@@guillaumegagnon4220People say it was a genocide because of the response to it from the British government (which was frankly appalling).
@@guillaumegagnon4220 you need to read some antiquarian books with the truth about it! As if Victoria or any royal cared.