Tickets to Eat in Victorian London! (Who Feeds the Poor in Victorian England?)
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2021
- You needed luck to get a food ticket in Victorian London! 19th Century slums were blighted by the hunger stricken. Alarmed by the sheer scale of destitution and vagrancy, William Booth established the Salvation Army in 1865 to 'release the poor from the curse of grinding poverty.' His mission was to provide soup, soap and salvation to 'down and outs', which he believed would turn people away from the darkest depths of deprivation. In these surroundings Jack London (an American journalist and social activist) journeyed to the East End disguised in working class clothes. He wanted to experience the struggles of everyday people for food and shelter for himself. In this video Jack London, after a night walking the streets, travels to the Salvation Army barracks on Blackfriars Road for a free meal - where he is accompanied by a multitude of wretched hungry and homeless men. He soon discovers that their breakfast is neither worth the arduous wait nor the cost of his liberty.
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I love these stories and the narrator's voice is amazing!
If you ever want to do a fact feast of Narrow Marsh, I have a photo of my great-grandmother. All four of her children went into the lace trade. I have info and some photos. So many of my family on my mother's side emigrated to Philadelphia to get away from Nottingham and the lace trade.
May i bother you, Fact Feast, as to ask you for one of the sources of you photographs?
I know that in the victorian era, a photographer disguised himself as a rag & bone man pushing his barrow along the most poverty stricken streets of london, having concealed his camera under the load of junk he was lugging about, thus affording him the possibility of snapping candid pictures of the slums and their denizens.... i cannot remember his name....
If you know his name, would you send it to me please?
Thank you....
and people should remember that while the masses suffered dreadfully, there was a Royal family in abject luxury.
My great-grandmother was born in the slums of Narrow Marsh. She was one of 14 children. Narrow Marsh Nottingham was called one of the worse slumps in Europe. The lace trade had a lot to answer for.
This is very interesting. Contemporary photos appear to show a lot of caves in the area beneath the slum. I wonder if these were used for habitation or some other purposes?
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Likely but doesn't make it any less a terrible notion to consider
@@FactFeast Or many purposes. Live-work=storage space.
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A large part was used in the tanning process. Some parts were used for the storing of ale, as some pubs were built above them. They were used as air-raid shelters in WW2 The caves of Nottingham are open to the public. You can still see some of the foundations of the slum housing down there. And also the old vats that were filled with dog poo and urine which was used in the tanning process. Yuk.
Hi, What do you mean, "the lace trade has something to answer for?".... My ancestor 'Samuel Simmons' lived in Nottingham and it says on his death certificate that he was a lace maker. I'd love to know what you mean.
This shows how bad things can get. I have really bad neighbors who go around making up things about me to other neighbors really bad things. I live alone and get scared that they might start to physical assault me. I'm elderly and live alone. My age I don't have the money to move but wish I did I would move in a place off to itself. Please pray for me.
So sorry to hear this is UTTERLY heart breaking . I feel your pain l had a drug addict living up stairs from me 8 years of noise beyond belief. Many hospitals stays and suicide attempts. Your neighbours must be pretty dim witted if they believe what this trash is saying about you 😥😥😥
I'm praying for you right now. God bless you. Stay in His Word. 🙏
Psalm 34:7-9
7 The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
How is the situation brother? Is it still the same? God bless you. Our Lord will soon return to take us home.
You poor thing, I’ve been persecuted by neighbours before and I had a nervous break down. They have moved and the house has been sold to a couple who are going to rent it out. I’m dreading it. I hope you are ok and yes I will count you in my prayers.
I was looking after a frail widow who suddenly found herself surrounded by bad neighbours whose children, running riot, began tormenting her round the clock (pets killed, windows smashed). There was no outside help from police or the usual agencies and the woman had a breakdown before I found her with a broken hip ("pushed over") that led to the dirty hospital which gave her the fatal infection that killed her in a fortnight. Welcome to feral England.
Such abject misery, no empathy for others. Sleep, the only escape.
Thank you for a wonderful rendition of an historical account.
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the portrayal of this story.
Sadly the attitude toward the abjectly poor and homeless is not much different today anywhere.
The People of the Abyss is an amazing account of what life was truly like for the thousands of poor who lived in the East End…and sadly, also an account of those who lacked in the most basic compassion for their fellow man…
It really is an eye-opening account of poverty and the better for recoding conversations alongside descriptions.
I'm from London. I can actually picture all those streets. I walk many of them on a regular basis. Currently working in farringdon and walk up from Blackfrairs Station.
It seems that much of Blackfriars Road is flanked by modern buildings today. I don’t know how long the barracks lasted, though the Surrey Theatre (mentioned as being near by Jack London) was demolished in 1934. Strangely enough I read that even the historic obelisk wasn’t in situ at the time of the account in this video, having been removed in 1897 for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee and returning in 1998.
It's sad but the Salvation Army hasn't improved much since those times. Interesting to hear a rich man's take on poor living, thanks for sharing! Love the voice work it adds so much to the story 😃🖒
Jack London wasn't just a rich man he had very Progressive views of the world and he's a treasure of an author.
His books encouraged empathy.
His books gave young readers something to think about and emulate in their own characters.
The salvos in Australia are wonderful people who happily help anyone in need!
Andrew - how is your non-profit that helps the homeless and poor going?? Yeah? That’s what I thought. Hmmmmmmmm.
@@johayes7529 right. Nothing is perfect.
@Thisis Gettinboring
It might not have been good, it might still not be good, but it was and is a charity that offers something. If you/I/anyone else was or is in a situation where they are in such desperate need of help that they would literally starve without it then it did achieve some positive measure in the world by preventing complete starvation.
Everything could be done better in a perfect world, but we live in the real world and unless you have the ideas and ability to implement such improvements then you can’t deem others that try as all out bad even if you don’t feel that their methods are the greatest. If you truly want to lead the way in doing better than what we already have then I will gladly cheer you on instead of pulling you down for being imperfect.
Lol. In my late 50's I became homeless in St Petersburg Florida. Fortunately I'm a U.S. VETERAN and able to get help. Over the years I've lived and known the homeless and working poor. Sharing many community meals with them. Lol. One church in St Petersburg handed out tickets. Sometimes a scuffle might break out. Once a...riot? Mayhem? broke out over water bottles out of a cooler. Food banks are still a monthly visit to get by on a small disability check at 60 years old. It's a shame that so many people never experience or comprehend life of the down trodden. Food stamps and church community dinners help about 5 times a week in Butler PENNSYLVANIA. Better than many towns. Getting such meals in any town and going to food banks can feel like a job. Dragging boxes of food home on a bus. Walking. Then you eat whatever is ready to go bad first. Then you throw stuff out that is rather dubious. Maybe dinner will be apple pie. You can't learn about such a life in books or video. You have to live it. You learn so much about people. Good and bad. Feel blessed if you have never had to endure such. I feel blessed that I did.
🙏 God bless you.
I wish you well.🙏
The "breakfast" reveal just made me furious. Hearing about them being packed in like sardines, it made me think of a vid I watched the other day about Juanna Bormann who quit being a missionary so she could work for the SS as a prison guard. The line is that thin.
Poor souls. For some people nothing has changed. Depending on your address.
Yes but the huge difference now the VAST majority of tbe homeless are there becuse of poor choices And there was not council housing and welfare galore like there is now!!!!
Oh, I never knew Jack London had written anything of that sort! I've read "Call of the Wild" ages ago, but this here is so much more interesting. He immortalized the cruelty and inhumanity of the system at that time! He gave those poor starving people a voice.
You can find lots more stories from Jack London’s travels though London on my channel.
Another enjoyable post. What happened to women and children there were plenty of them living on the streets.
Having lived in and around London from 1994 to 2016, i witnessed the ever-increasing number of homeless people.... i fear we are bound to slide back to the victorian state of affairs...
I’ve traveled the world and seen poverty, Great Britain is not perfect but far better than most …….
Ican totally understand why there was need for Charities such as the salvation army in Victorian times. England did not have a free for all siver platter welfare system like it does now. Supporting all tpes that should and could be working. These were people who genuinely wanted to work!!!
Your absolutely right of course, I’m glad people are waking up to the agenda of the elites.
@@MrPaultopp if the EU get their way you will not be able to distinguish the 3rd world from us. The agenda is to turn the clocks back and have it like the good old days when they owned everything and everyone was slaves or beggars.
Used to live on cable street in east London. It’s still a dive
Yeah! More from my favourite You Tuber.
I live about a 10 minute walk from what was one of those places. You can see the faint painted sign on the side of the building advertising food and shelter that they offered. It's wonderful to know more of what went on in there.
a photo would be great.#
It took someone like William Booth to step out and think of the hungry. Why not Queen Victoria's government? Why not Queen Victoria herself? Did she not represent God and The Church?
'Two pieces of bread, with raisins in it and it was called cake'. How sad is it. When I think of the fancy way Queen Victoria ate her eggs.
I totally agree with you. Monarchy that became rich thru colonization and slavery.
Plus her 52 inch waist.
If I had a licorice hard candy for every one of these videos Ive enjoyed, I might well have a cavity by now.
I hope you don't have any cavities, but I am glad you enjoy the videos on the channel!
Black licorice? I love black licorice.
*Licorice Allsorts* ... I ordered some from Amazon after seeing it on: *Steptoe & Son* don't eat too much black licorice it can affect the heart ... no joke eat in moderation😁
If I had that many hard liquorice I’d probably cry because I hate hard liquorice
OMG...💯 The underlying conundrom within decent people are existing right now...you just Can not EVER win..😪😪💯❤️
Very true. But no surrender . 🇬🇧👍
WOW...how shocking...UK here...I never heard this perspective. .thankyou.🙏❤️
You could make your videos a little longer. I would listen.
I do listen to the longer ones... they are awesome. I love learning get about history and seeing the orignal photos, not some cartoon or badly drawn animations.
Beautifully done. And what a great piece by London
Curling up with a cup of tea on a rainy day watching this. Wonderful as always. I hope those power hunger 'soul snatchers' met with karma
These men had only ‘water bewitched’ for tea, but at least it was hot. It is these winter months (in Europe) that underline how hard life on the streets must have been for those unable to find work to pay for a bed or gain admittance to the casual ward.
I love the old Victorian dresses they shud bring them back corsets very lovely❤️
There is sooo much inspiration for my DND campaign here! I like to teach history in my game in a playful manner. I thank you for some of those wonderfully articulate ways to describe things
It’s great to know it helps with creativity for you. Thanks for watching!
I’m not a fan of Jack London’s works but I enjoyed his thoughts and his sly wit in this piece. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for listening.
Wow! The salvation army LOCKED them in! That so crazy
How cruel where the Salvation Army back then? I know these days they are much better, but they do have a terrible history.
I give my stuff to other charities that help the poor and homeless. (San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission, Union Rescue Mission, M.E.N.D.) The Salvation Army and Goodwill get given to first by people and seem to get a lion's share.
Thank you again 😊 And to whom ever disliked this video 😒
You're welcome!
I was sleeping on the streets of london 20 years ago, and was grateful for anything I could get any charity giving out food, or a church building which was heated more than outside , one particularly cold night I slept on a cold bench and then went to the catholic church on victoria street, the doors were shut and the shelter full, I waited outside the macdonalds to beg a cup of hot tea. Jack london had a roof over his head with clean sheets yet judged a charity which fed 700 people not a small undertaking, . I like Jack London simply because he gives us a clear view of the poverty of london. but a judgemental chap wasnt he.
Sooo....heartbreaking..💔
Your voice and ability to do different accents are tremendous. You have a real knack for storytelling. My heart aches for those poor unfortunates..
Thank you! 😊 Glad you enjoyed listening.
Love your content, and appreciate your work and time.
I really appreciate that! Thank you for taking the time to write.
This is heart breaking :( one of my daughters lived during those times and she has a terrible life :/ it’s utter utterly wrenching. She will never go without food care or boundless love again x
Absolutely fantastic. So gripping and informative in a way that really brings home the plight of homeless then and now. This has really made me think. Need to get off my arse and do something
It's great to know you found this compelling to watch, thank you. Lots more content like this on the channel.
Transportation has always been and continues to be a hardship for most poor people. Long walks, long bus rides and connections. It is not easy. Can't just jump in your car and go. Lucky if there is a car in the family.
I consider myself lucky to NOT have to drive, but to have good public transportation available!
Another fantastic video. Thanks you
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Great channel, love ya work.
Much appreciated!
Cattle, that's all we are to THEM, then and now.
You got that right, they thing we a worthless scum.
Great voice over, thank you
Glad you liked it! Thank you for your comment.
The Sally has saved me from hunger a few times. 👍
I love this vid...it hits home..❤️
It's nice you found the video meaningful, thank you.
@@FactFeast More than meaningful..Relevent! ❤️
Very well narrated and quite enjoyable listening to your voice. Very present indeed.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the experience.
Brilliantly told, thank you
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for writing.
Im Irish but I love stories your history is so cool 👌
London had a large Irish community during the Victorian era and it’s often talked about by commentators such as Henry Mayhew. It’s great that you enjoy the content here. Thank you!
This is how life will be in the future, the rich must put us down like “ the good old days”
Thankyou from UK. ❤️
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching.
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Love this
Great! Thank you!
It's happing in Dublin today, some genuine homeless, some drug related, because of the government, it's all just sad 😞
Except being housed in a hotel like thousands of people here in Dublin somehow counts as being 'homeless'. I remember telling American tourists this and they couldn't believe it. Todays homeless in Ireland doing ok compared to these people in this video or even people in Dublin a few decades ago. The social welfare is one of the highest in the world here in Ireland. If your not blowing it all on drink or drugs you will live a basic standarx of living with a roof over your head and food in your belly.
@@dublinsfaircity it won’t last, these times of trouble will be with us again. The great reset is to put us in the gutter again.
@@samanthamcdonagh7856 yeah, and taking in masses of immigrants will assist with that.
Mr narrator, Sir you are marvellous.
Thanks for visiting the channel!
What about women at these Salvo centers?
In another video its stated that the women and children could sleep in the centers where they had the bed coffins while the men had to sleep inside so I'm assuming they got some breakfast inside while the men had to wait. But it's just speculation so who knows.
Even young children had to find work
I love your voice.
It's great you enjoy the narration!
People of the abyss is a fantastic book.
You can find more accounts from Jack London on the channel and more to come!
I'm an admirer of Jack London, both his writing and his activism; but it's easy for him to take potshots at William Booth and the Salvation Army. At least, the man tried to do something. Jack London, for all of his writing and success, didn't donate all of the profits from his works, or sell all he had to give to the poor. I don't see The Jack London charity Hospital, or any kind of better strategy. It's easy to live this life for a while, when you know any time you want, you can go back to your fame, influence, nice clothes, and being "Mr. London", whereas William Booth devoted his life to the poor. No, William Booth wasn't perfect, but like they say, better to light one candle, than sit and curse the darkness.
Jack London maintained a nice room in a house while researching this book. Still, he shone a light where light was needed.
Eye opener and you feel you are there. Pictures tell a story.
It’s good to know you enjoyed presentation, thank you.
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Just wondering did Jack do anything for those people when he went back to his real life. The life those people had to endure was nothing short of hell itself monstress. This was done purposely to them. The five percent rich kept 95 percent in poverty and still do in their own sneeky way. The rich control everything. Until the day comes when humans stand up together and change the value of our labour. This living to work has to stop. Life is to short. Why should people have to work so many hours and miss out on so much in life. The rich are getting richer the poor are on their knees. Living to work to keep them in their luxury, madness ✊☘️.
You are listening to what he did. He investigated this all and published it so that people would know what was happening. As far as helping individuals where would he start? Who first? That's without considering he would probably need a private investigator to find them again since they were homeless. He wasn't born rich, he only had the proceeds of his work making him only relatively rich to these poor (unhappy, not unrich sense) people.
The Great Plague is the last time labour became more valuable in any real sense because peasants were in short supply. Maybe when people leave Earth those left behind will come into a stronger bargaining position but don't hold your breath waiting lol.
@@brianedwards7142 I didn't mean financial help. I meant, to petition higher ups to the plight. I know he published, but do you think the hi pili would have bought his writing's.
@@deeppurple883 As the others said, he revealed the truth about what was, at the time, a taboo subject. Remember from the other videos, back then the idea that poverty is a crime was still the mainstream POV. And if it hadn't been for people revealing the truth it might have never changed.
The poor had it rough in them day's, i understand being poor because of disability, and sleeping rough, i couldn't imagine how much worse the pain would be. My faith in G-d, and what Christ did sustains me, i would be lost without the Holy Spirit guiding me. People bash christians, but they feed the poor, and i give to the poor when i can, because we should help one another.
For many immediate apparel would be their worldly possessions.
The Salvation Army took me in after my 6 yr incarceration. And got me housing. I owe them everything.
It’s great to know you found help through the Salvation Army. I hope and trust you continue to do well. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
They stopped helping me when I told them I’m a gay atheist!!!!!! I was still homeless and starving but they didn’t care😡
@@FactFeast I read William Booths book about founding the SA. His intentions were so pure. I'd recommend reading it for it's truly eye opening to read of people literally falling dead on the streets from starvation. What a time. I'll never forget his book.
Who were the people who were responsible for this situation? No doubt is was the aristocracy, the lords, dukes etc. They would not want an increase in property rates or another taxes.
The Governments of those days were from the monied classes so they would most certainly not want to upset their friends and relations by levying taxes on them, very much like today if you consider it
Heartbreaking and at this time it was RULE BRITANNIA yeah right as always it’s the have and have nots
Like the rest of the world then ?
The rich love to see peasants, it really makes them feel superior. They all think we are scum.
So sad that people walked all night as the police would move them on hence the pictures of people sleeping on benches and parks in the day.
All ways an insta-click from me when I see the notification 🔔 👍
Great! Thank you. Hope it was interesting for you.
@@FactFeast I actually found this one particularly gripping especially towards the end, the men packed so tightly some where sleeping on their feet? And other such needless nonsense rules imposed on the men it almost seems like purposeful cruelty.
I've always went by the adage that you shouldn't attribute to malice what can otherwise be attributed to incompetence but as the author says there was a clear lack of understanding of psychology or a warped understanding that led to alternating between punishment and reward with the understanding that it would be instilling Christianity in the men.
Or maybe the salvation army understood psychology well and used it to keep the men in a perpetual cycle, too week and too little time to find work so that they end up stuck there stranded like the sailors except unable to return to normality just in the name of liturgy.
Its insanity, I could go on I've been thinking about it for a while now, thanks very much for the vids, have a good night.
Of course, most extremely poor people in the Victorian age lived in workhouses and asylums.
I see all the men waiting for breakfast,where are the women?
All these people were looking for work anywhere they could find it
going by what I am hearing right now I am guessing London once worked as a cowboy?
How much does a local Salvation army CEO pocket?
They are all laughing at the peasants, they think ordinary folks are scum.
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Thanks! Much appreciated.
Our ruling classes know their history. We've never had it so good etc.
In spite of legislation and do-gooding paternalists, it took the 1945 Labour Government to tackle generational poverty.
Read John Bew's biography of Prime Minister Clement Atlee, *Citizen Clem*.
When another of our Prime Ministers, David Cameron, talked of the Big Society, it was a prelude to cutting Welfare and shafting the poor.
Getting enough to eat is a contest? Disgusting.
The Irish people believe that these English people are responsible for the potato famine and should of done something about it,its how powerful people treat the poor because theres no point being powerful if nobody knows about it
Sing John Ball
Who? Why Ebenezer Scrooge, of course.
Very interesting.Overpopulation is still a problem.I read below a woman's mother was one of fourteen children.
U np u see it still 2 day in the streets young and old home less food banks not many care only of there selves.not a lot as changed in 2021.thought God came 4 good didn't happen.i us 2 b leave not know.
They have gone out of their way to distort belief in god and Jesus . It serves the elites because then they can get away with being greedy and not get called out. The second coming of Jesus will be in the hearts of man.
The worthy poor
Today's = uc
It wasn't just happening in East London
You cursed nuisances, said the police, I wonder if he had to join them what he would say
I think we may see this play out again.
This was a time when we were the richest nation on earth but the poor did not benefit from all that wealth.
Wasn't Jack London aggressively anti-religion to the point where it was cringy? I wouldn't take his view of the religious aspects of the Salvation Army at face value, or as objective, considering that.
Well, you did.
Unfortunately The Salvation Army had an investment in GOD VICTORIAN ERA.
The poor were poor because they were Ungodly, lacking in class, unemployed as the Royal Establishment didnt eed them as cannon fodder in a war worth money to Establishment.
I have no good words towards the brutality of poverty when you drank with servants your High Tea.
I'm rather disgusted that this history of Londonderry brutality was allowed 😤
Whom was really the lowest of the low morally?
I say those profiteering from cruelty devastating consequences not able to escape 😢
I have no regards for the Uppity negligence of human life.
Shame you devastated Worlds for greedy years .
I disrespect with the truthfulness of history.
Someone could take you to high Court on the principle of class discrimination.
Oh yeah YOU are the law.
Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha
Such a biased view. The Salvation Army have done very many great things!
This what the Tories want to bring back.