Cruel and Violent Lives of Victorian Orphans (Homeless in 19th Century London)

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  • Victoria orphans were forced onto the streets or into the workhouse - as were runaways from broken homes or abusive parents. The streets of 19th Century London were seen as preferable to the workhouse for it offered freedom and companionship, despite its dangers. However they found there way onto the streets, they had to work, beg or steal, and learn to survive in a mean and dangerous world. Find out just how bad life could get for orphans in the 1840s, in this genuine account of their lives and conversations with journalist Henry Mayhew.
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  • @FactFeast
    @FactFeast  Рік тому +51

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    • @mariacrouch7109
      @mariacrouch7109 Рік тому +4

      Awful treatment of children while the rich gorged them selves on wealth the poor lived in complete hell like gutter rats

    • @jasonlawrence2143
      @jasonlawrence2143 Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much for helping me understand what life may have been like for my Great great grandfather. The story in our family goes like this. My great great grandpa was adopted orphan in England🇬🇧, Then his adoptive parents took him along as they came to Michigan 🇺🇲. If you think his suffering was over in the USA it wasn't. Life goes on. For as a young man he was drafted/conscripted in the American civil war. He was born in 1844 and passed away in 1922. These videos are awesome. Keep up the good work!

    • @davidwhite1795
      @davidwhite1795 Рік тому +1

      The pronunciation of halfpenny us haypenny!

    • @toriberch8773
      @toriberch8773 7 місяців тому

      😊

  • @msjujuz266
    @msjujuz266 Рік тому +180

    For years when my life seems bad, I always think how bad it must have been for these poor kids in this era.

    • @samuelleblanc3441
      @samuelleblanc3441 Рік тому +11

      I had the same kind of thoughts recently.

    • @Phlowermom
      @Phlowermom Рік тому

      Me too. Recently I ran out of propane unexpectedly. I was very cold once the sun went down, my cats & I were under 7 blankets, finally thawing out and I started my own private pity party, complete with tears, sniffles and the occasional loud obscenity.
      Then it occurred to me, I was out of the wind, I had a door that locked, the girls & I were well-fed and we had seven, count them, seven bloody blankets with two more in the closet just in case. We are not in a concentration camp or a victim of a war or DV or a natural disaster, are we ladies?
      No, we are not. We will be warm under the covers in a bit, we'll have an early night tonight and sleep it away. Some people can't do that, we can. So STFU and quit your b!tch!ng, tomorrow you will go get both of your canisters filled and from now on, keep better track!! I have only myself to blame, we'll survive!!

    • @LINDSAY-ub4yq
      @LINDSAY-ub4yq Рік тому +2

      I feel the youth has been abused since day one.....and still happening. 😪❤.

    • @theresaheywood9479
      @theresaheywood9479 Рік тому +1

      DITTO 😢

    • @malcolmdale
      @malcolmdale Рік тому +10

      There's an arab proverb - "I was unhappy because I had no shoes, and then I met a man who nhad no feet."

  • @twinny555
    @twinny555 Рік тому +131

    The saddest thing for me is the not even knowing your birthday or how old you are. It just adds an extra layer of tragedy to the hopelessness and despair, not having a full sense of self and who you are, never an opportunity to celebrate your life. Heartbreaking.

    • @ranisrikumar5735
      @ranisrikumar5735 4 місяці тому

      What about “hunger “ and playing with their friends! 😢 never ending grief…

  • @brookelynnwu8016
    @brookelynnwu8016 Рік тому +63

    The lives of the children are truly awful.
    But can you imagine being the last parent of your young child. Being sick & knowing you won’t live much longer & you’re also poor so you have nothing to leave your child. 😢💔 that’s heartbreaking

  • @lillywildflower
    @lillywildflower Рік тому +10

    My gg grandfather was born in bath Somerset in 1847. His mother died when he was about 10. He was gaoled by 13 for petty larceny. In 1865 he was gaoled ready for transportation to Western Australia. He was a good, kind and gentle man.

    • @dinarusso3320
      @dinarusso3320 3 місяці тому

      😢 that's terrible. It's a shame that they couldn't be adopted by couples who couldn't have children. Treated like criminals

  • @shadrach6299
    @shadrach6299 Рік тому +18

    It makes me angry to think of people suffering like this while royalty lived in riches

    • @juanf5391
      @juanf5391 8 місяців тому

      Divine Right.

    • @VMM34
      @VMM34 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@juanf5391God is a cruel psychopath

    • @Jenifer_G
      @Jenifer_G 4 місяці тому +1

      Completely agree

  • @steve29roses
    @steve29roses Рік тому +60

    Over 100,000 "orphan" children were sent to work on the farm on Canada, between 1869 -1939. Archives Canada has excellent digital data on these children: how old were they, what ship, which agency (Barnardo for example) and where they ended up. My Great Grandfather was sent here to Canada in 1904. He had never seen a farm in his life.

    • @margaretnesbeth593
      @margaretnesbeth593 Рік тому +3

      There were orphan children sent to Australia and Canada to work on farms right up till the late 1970's.

    • @tippic9252
      @tippic9252 Рік тому +6

      I'm a genealogist and just finished my research on a British home child who came to Canada through Maria Rye. His mother was still alive and with him before he was sent away from her. He lied about his age and I suppose it was so he wasn't of the adoption age and would be able to get back to his mother. He did well for himself and left a legacy but I can't imagine the sad memories he carried with him.

    • @steve29roses
      @steve29roses Рік тому

      @@margaretnesbeth593 By WWII British children were no longer coming to Canada.

    • @sunnydayzie1202
      @sunnydayzie1202 Рік тому +1

      Approximately 250,000 New York City children were sent on orphan trains to the west and adopted by farmers. For many, it was a sad, loveless life but for many, the story ended very happily as they found the love, environment and safety they needed to thrive

    • @northernlight696
      @northernlight696 Рік тому +2

      My grandfather age 9, younger brother and sister were shipped to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1901 from the Birmingham Middlemore home. Both boys were sent to farms where they were badly abused and were nothing more than slaves. The Canadian government has done nothing to compensate the many victims or their families, probably because they were white.

  • @ChacoteOutdoorRecreation
    @ChacoteOutdoorRecreation Рік тому +22

    I came into this world in a cold water flat in hell's kitchen, my crib was a drawer pulled halfway out the dresser, and yet there was one child poorer than me, one day we were sitting on the stoop, and he told me I was lucky because at least I had nothing.

  • @daveman9468
    @daveman9468 Рік тому +261

    Sad to think that some children in some parts of the world still face these same struggles today.

    • @oldishandwoke-ish1181
      @oldishandwoke-ish1181 Рік тому +22

      We seem to be heading back to it in the U.K.

    • @TexasNinjaReturns
      @TexasNinjaReturns Рік тому

      In some parts of Brazil they kill homeless children

    • @TexasNinjaReturns
      @TexasNinjaReturns Рік тому

      @@oldishandwoke-ish1181 Britain is ruined. The immigrants have taken over

    • @celestelouise1557
      @celestelouise1557 Рік тому +11

      I agree but when it is still happening in the UK right now I think is disgusting.

    • @coconutsmarties
      @coconutsmarties Рік тому +7

      @@celestelouise1557 It's not happening to this day in the UK, not anywhere near this level of poverty. Yes there's still poverty, people still struggle to buy food and pay bills. But unless there's very young children completely alone in the world and with nothing but the clothes on their back sleeping outside every night, then no this does happen at all in the UK anymore, ever. But sadly it still does in some places.

  • @SMB_80
    @SMB_80 Рік тому +22

    I am not sure what is more sad...those poor inocentes kids of that era or to see the spoilers brats of majority families today, showing ingratitude and being so disrespectful and violent...in both cases...so sad...🥺😢😢😢

  • @Automedon2
    @Automedon2 Рік тому +118

    When I think about the fact that people damaged by circumstance, in childhood often grow up to be troubled adults and poor parents, who pass that down to their children. My mother told of her brothers being tied to a tree and whipped by her father. Even in my time (I'm 65) I saw the time when severe beatings were common in schools (I went to school in South Africa in the 60s) and at home. Even after coming to America in 1970, I saw kids coming to school with black eyes and bruises and no one said a word. Happily the further we get away from those times, the gentler we become. Now incidents that were pretty common make headlines because of their relative infrequency.

    • @humboldtharry1289
      @humboldtharry1289 Рік тому +10

      I was in 8th grade (about 13) in 1983 in York Pennsylvania. I’ll never forget that the shop teacher had a paddle with holes drilled into it hanging on the wall. It was well worn. I saw a boy in another class get slapped so hard he fell out of his chair. It was almost an open handed punch. The kid was an asshole and I wasn’t sorry to see him get his, but these days the media would be chomping at the bit to exploit the story. Seems like corporal punishment kept most of my fellow hooligans in line. Almost sorry to see it go.

    • @bxstar5276
      @bxstar5276 Рік тому +11

      Broken people breed broken people. I know. My bio mother is broken. Good thing I can’t pass her on….

    • @naelyneurkopfen9741
      @naelyneurkopfen9741 Рік тому +2

      We are far worse now! Lip service doesn't make anyone gentler.

    • @wfcoaker1398
      @wfcoaker1398 Рік тому +8

      Kids who grow up in abusice families grow up to be cruel and manipulative people. I was in two relationships with oartners who has survived childhood abuse. It was brutal, and I spent a lot of money on therapy to get over the way they messed with my head.

    • @carolleslie2673
      @carolleslie2673 Рік тому +13

      I used to write on my school books *help me!* it was all over all my school books, but no one ever asked why. This was England in the 70s.

  • @j.b.4340
    @j.b.4340 Рік тому +44

    Do you ever get depressed while creating these wonderful videos? They’re all top notch.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +25

      There were times of happiness and leisure activities in the past, but I suppose it’s these stories of how it really was for a lot of people most of the time that is so interesting to me. I do have some videos on topics like the Magmen (conmen) and money making. History of battles, dynasties and crime is no less interesting for me, but also deals with unpleasant realities of our past. Thank you for watching and your comment.

  • @whitetroutchannel
    @whitetroutchannel Рік тому +42

    my mates grandfather was born in the work house as crazy as that sounds, they still operated in northern ireland until 1945!! your videos are unreal after i watch them im thankfull the age i live in

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +3

      I wonder if your friend was told about how life was like for his grandfather as a boy? Incredibly interesting.

    • @whitetroutchannel
      @whitetroutchannel Рік тому +4

      @@FactFeast i know he hard life it was workhouse then he was sent to like a semi boarding school for orphans around mid 30s early 40s, thank you for replying, this channel without doubt is top 5 on youtube, wish you a very merry christmas 👍👍

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +3

      I’m glad you enjoy the content so much and I’m grateful to have you as a regular viewer! A Merry Christmas to you too whitetroutchannel 🙂

    • @skippertheeyechild6621
      @skippertheeyechild6621 Рік тому +2

      Do you know what workhouse he was born in?

    • @whitetroutchannel
      @whitetroutchannel Рік тому +1

      @@skippertheeyechild6621 downpatrick, county down, i think

  • @michaelbeams9553
    @michaelbeams9553 Рік тому +26

    For many.......The " good old days " , weren't .
    Wonderful content . Thank you .

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +5

      For most it was a life of hard work and little else. Thanks for watching!

  • @susanmccormick6022
    @susanmccormick6022 Рік тому +14

    That poor animal harnessed to the cart looks so malnourished it's hard to tell horse/mule/donkey.A harsh life for all those poor working animals,street children & the poor folk.

  • @realkangaroocafevietnam
    @realkangaroocafevietnam Рік тому +26

    Thanks so much for your wonderful work.
    In Australia in the early 1900's my favourite uncle, Ned, was born into a family of 16.
    Ned was a wonderful bloke & quite remarkable too.
    Kind, clever & he was both my Dad & my favourite uncle.
    Ned's Mum died giving birth to her 21st kid.
    Life for the poor in Australia was unbearably hard & the inner city slums were vast.

  • @claudermiller
    @claudermiller Рік тому +8

    But there was no shortage of money in London at that time. Funny how people still hold Queen Victoria and other well-to-dos in high esteem today when they were totally unconcerned about these people.

  • @victoriasavaski975
    @victoriasavaski975 Рік тому +9

    How sad was the Victorian Era for so many children. I cannot imagene a child fending for him self or herself alone in a cold world. Sadly we still have many children living on the streets in Latin America, India, Africa, and many other countries. Poverty is like cancer, it never goes away.

    • @VMM34
      @VMM34 7 місяців тому +1

      And yet parents still have babies when they could just decide to abstain. As in the past men think it's their divine right to have access to a woman. In Victorian times there'd be no food in the house to feed numerous children, yet the man would go ahead and bring forth another child who would suffer lack of food. And guess what, when those children grew up they did the exact same thing. You'd think they'd learn from their past, but noooo

  • @PoisonelleMisty4311
    @PoisonelleMisty4311 6 місяців тому +3

    Heartbreaking stories of struggle and resilience. These accounts shed light on the harsh realities faced by many during the Victorian era. It's important to remember and honor their experiences. Thank you for sharing. 🕯

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  6 місяців тому +1

      Yes, for many life was hard and I think it’s worthwhile giving a voice to their lives. Thank you for your comment.

  • @janetduncan87
    @janetduncan87 Рік тому +14

    To think these poor children were supposed to be well taken care of. What were they using the money for? Filling their own pockets? Most likely as it is happening today. They say Romainia has the worst Orphanages. They're all horrible. So sad to see .

    • @susanmccormick6022
      @susanmccormick6022 Рік тому +4

      Anybody recall the scene in Oliver,where he is brought before The Board,where half doz overweight men are sitting before a huge repast?Roasts of all kinds & greens, potatoes etc?Still makes me seeth thinking of it.Were they brain dead or just totally uncaring?We went to an historical house once & learned the legends of the ghosts.One was a young lad.He was hungry,he stole a slice of bread.Then,terrified someone might tell the master who was a cruel & heartless man,he hung himself.Heartrending.

    • @janetduncan87
      @janetduncan87 Рік тому

      @@susanmccormick6022 it however is our how the Government is. Glutinous, greedy ppl who don't care. If you haven't heard the truth about orphanages, I have a video on the subject. Not to mention baby farming. The photos we've seen of young children working laboring jobs, had been raised in orphanages. They had no parents and it's why we see so few adults in the old photographs. The world is one big lie. Especially America. This country was never great and the MAGA campaign is all about themselves. Not us, the hard working ppl.

  • @curiouslyme524
    @curiouslyme524 Рік тому +81

    This was true in the Georgian Era as well. Dicken's "Oliver Twist" illustrates this perfectly. Little ones - preschoolers, just a little older than a toddler - as young as 5 years old were hanged for stealing food like bread. Tragic.

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 Рік тому +1

      They did not hang 5 year olds, John Dean was an 8 or 9-year old English boy who was hanged under the reign of Charles I. He is likely the youngest person ever to be executed in England. Not that 8 is much better! but it was not the norm to hang children, although it did happen.

    • @Boo-dawg.
      @Boo-dawg. Рік тому +13

      Horrific. That's murder. I'm sure these people lined the front pews on Sunday morning. I'm not knocking Christianity or Christians just the hypocrites that apparently loved putting on a show of how good they were. But God saw everything they did. They were worried about people judging them when the people don't matter. But they will answer for every cruel thing they did and every life they took. Only one punishment for their deeds. You don't harm a hair on the heads of God's little ones and get away with it. These people didn't care about these children and I'm sure they never thought to repent for their sins because they didn't consider what they did was wrong

    • @michellehitt1976
      @michellehitt1976 Рік тому +8

      Oh that's so sad. I didn't know little children were treated so bad back then.

    • @Earthbound369
      @Earthbound369 Рік тому +10

      Never knew they hanged little one's back then. How barbaric.

    • @Lucy0809
      @Lucy0809 Рік тому +9

      But unfortunately humans didn’t learn and kept breeding- hence the crisis the world is in today 😢

  • @Nonenone23
    @Nonenone23 Рік тому +5

    Was a Runaway and homeless all my life but was able to get a job off and on and still working considering all the life's set backs from evil people

  • @susanbobo5098
    @susanbobo5098 Рік тому +12

    Dang they treated little poor kids like street garbage- like convicts

  • @RolandWieffering1
    @RolandWieffering1 Рік тому +5

    It's so important the English children and adults learn that the Victorian Age wasn't as glorious as they try to make us believe.
    Great channel for that purpose. All the best from Holland

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +1

      Thank you very much! I’m glad you think the content has value.

    • @jchow5966
      @jchow5966 Рік тому +1

      I do npt think that people in the UK today try make everything from that era glorious.
      I think that stopped a long time ago. IMHO.

  • @vanessawilliams4432
    @vanessawilliams4432 Рік тому +11

    This video is what most of the young ones of today needs to watch! It would let them know how fortunate they are compared to what those poor kids did. Some of these entitled ones really do cause they never know what might happen in the future!!!

    • @tippic9252
      @tippic9252 Рік тому +1

      Exactly! And this wasn't to long ago in the whole scheme of things.

    • @taffykins2745
      @taffykins2745 Рік тому +1

      Today's kids are too self centered and entitled to have any empathy. I don't think they'd learn a darn thing from this. Sadly, they'd think we made it all up. Good idea tho.

  • @Matlacha_Painter
    @Matlacha_Painter Рік тому +10

    I can’t even begin to watch this. The feelings of empathy that just the description and comments bring me to sobbing. Was it Oliver who asked the lady “What is a home, miss?”

  • @RobertTaylor-sw7wj
    @RobertTaylor-sw7wj Рік тому +15

    The monsters who ruled then,still rule today in the form of their descendants..And STILL we allow it!!!

    • @winthrop1177
      @winthrop1177 Рік тому

      Not only we worship them as well on our TVs follow them on Instagram. It’s absolutely disgusting. Their families got rich off of the blood of pensants and Serbs.

  • @erikajohnson5459
    @erikajohnson5459 Рік тому +15

    The poor donkey looks broken 😞

    • @RowanWarren78
      @RowanWarren78 Рік тому +2

      Considering how retched life was for poor people, think how bad it must have been for the animals in that situation; absolutely terrible.

  • @wheresmyoldname
    @wheresmyoldname Рік тому +13

    Never seen anything like this video before but I'm hooked and for some strange reason didn't notice the time go by as I noticed from the corner of my eye that I'm almost at the end of it... This is just so enthralling I'm so into this
    ...! 🤣😮 I cannot even imagine a present day adult surviving these circumstances... These were some badass kids! 💪

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +3

      Good to know you found this compelling! Thank you.

  • @jujumulligan43
    @jujumulligan43 Рік тому +5

    So many of these poor suffering people were Irish immigrants. History of the devastating famine during the 1800's affected so very very many people. Repercussion is still being felt today, if you discover people's ancestry. Most of my family is Irish descendants.

  • @dreamer33ish
    @dreamer33ish Рік тому +6

    Not much has changed I fear! I live in the U.K. and am surprised and saddened to know Poverty still raises her hand and shakes our nation to the core …..how can this happen when you see and read that a huge amount of poor families live in dire surroundings,the children starving and abused! Perhaps it was better in The Good old days! God’s blessings to you all living in such circumstances!

    • @stephencotton2694
      @stephencotton2694 Рік тому +1

      Of course it's changed much better now😅

    • @thesecondsilvereich7828
      @thesecondsilvereich7828 10 місяців тому

      We have it way better now even socialise health care and social financial support hight tec and fat people free schools help for the disabled

  • @janesykes4483
    @janesykes4483 Рік тому +12

    Poor little kiddies ,, I feel sad now , 😢

  • @adamogilvie6951
    @adamogilvie6951 Рік тому +12

    I love the way you do these videos. I always feel like I am there. Thank you❤

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +2

      It's great that you think so! Much appreciated.

  • @winthrop1177
    @winthrop1177 Рік тому +7

    All of you have to understand that this is an extremely extremely Waterdown story. I can’t even imagine the actual horrors that I don’t even want to say that I think many of you are thinking about. This is like a PG-13 version of what actually happened to those children in that area. We can just assume based on what happens to children in our era, and there’s more checks and balances in our world today and they was 100 years ago. Not to say that it’s perfect. But better than those days. Adults weirdos have full power over those children. It’s a real sad to think about.

  • @deadfishparty
    @deadfishparty Рік тому +7

    I would love to hear you narrate Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Fantastic.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for listening! Glad you enjoyed the experience.

  • @Perfidious_Hollow
    @Perfidious_Hollow Рік тому +9

    Thanks for the vid!

  • @jasontuck-smith3896
    @jasontuck-smith3896 Рік тому +10

    Heartbreaking 😢.

  • @drawslashplay7384
    @drawslashplay7384 Рік тому +2

    The fifteen year old boy talks like a forty year old. He just wants to sleep at the end of the day.

  • @dawnhock4545
    @dawnhock4545 Рік тому +6

    Dude your voice and the way u tell the story!

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +2

      Thanks! Great to know you enjoy the story telling 🙂

    • @SMB_80
      @SMB_80 Рік тому +1

      Indeed, your voice is made for this! 😍

  • @jcksnghst
    @jcksnghst Рік тому +5

    What a striking and informative thumbnail. Very interesting to see two forms of human mentality.

  • @JudyFayLondon
    @JudyFayLondon Рік тому +7

    Poor children.

  • @rosskardon7195
    @rosskardon7195 Рік тому +4

    Tragically, no wonder why when the Lakota(Sioux) Chief Sitting Bull toured with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show and he visited the white man's cities, Chief Sitting Bull said "How come the white man does not take care of his children?"

    • @dinarusso3320
      @dinarusso3320 3 місяці тому

      He was right. If Native children lost parents the village took care of the children, not treated them like criminals

  • @lanacampbell-moore6686
    @lanacampbell-moore6686 Рік тому +3

    Thank You F.F. & Merry Christmas All!!!🎄🎁🧑‍🎄🤍

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +1

      Merry Christmas 🎄 Thank you and happy holidays 🙂

  • @Taco_God
    @Taco_God Рік тому +4

    I just discovered your content with this video. Absolutely magical. I've never subscribed faster.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +4

      Fantastic! A warm welcome to the channel and I hope enjoy watching what you find here. Much more to come.

  • @bilindalaw-morley161
    @bilindalaw-morley161 Рік тому +7

    Wishing you a merry Christmas and happy New Year...or perhaps Happy Holidays...have a restful break.
    Thank you for the hard work you've put into your productions during the past year. I look forward to learning more from you next year.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +4

      Thank you for being a regular viewer and all best wishes for the season to you too. There might be one more offering from Fact Feast before the New Year, so please look out for that 🙂

  • @88amona
    @88amona Рік тому +2

    A humbling situation to be in regardless the time period. But so much we can learn from and help those like them in our modern age. Thank you for another informative upload. Sharing this knowledge can help people in this modern age.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому

      I'm glad you found value in watching. Thank you.

  • @georgianagheorghe8848
    @georgianagheorghe8848 Рік тому +2

    Charles Dickens also described the negative side of the Victorian Era England in "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations" to name a few.

  • @mariacrouch7109
    @mariacrouch7109 Рік тому +1

    Shameful way these kids were treated back then and even now in 2023

  • @owendurant7873
    @owendurant7873 Рік тому +2

    Best narration on youtube. By far

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому

      I’m glad you enjoy listening! Thank you.

  • @lazuliwinters743
    @lazuliwinters743 Рік тому +2

    “Iiiits a hard knock life for us!”

  • @teresaalbrecht2283
    @teresaalbrecht2283 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for all the great videos. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +1

      I’m glad to make videos for you that you enjoy watching 🙂 Merry Christmas and a huge thank you for being a regular viewer!

  • @MegaLivingIt
    @MegaLivingIt 6 місяців тому +1

    Just unbelievable how these poor vulnerable children were thrown to the wolves so to speak. Queen Victoria should have set up good places for them to be cared for. England was extremely rich and a world power at the time. Shame!!

  • @angr3819
    @angr3819 Рік тому +3

    Thank you

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +2

      You’re welcome! Glad you found it worthwhile.

  • @hicknopunk
    @hicknopunk Рік тому +8

    We still live in a world with no hope but to suffer every day and to die cold, poor and sick. I hope one day after we reduce the human population to 1 million and decide to live good lives.

  • @ashleymartin7740
    @ashleymartin7740 Рік тому +3

    I heard a story that there was a priest that was giving money to the poor and he disappeared 😕

  • @GryffindorGurl
    @GryffindorGurl Рік тому +6

    Can you please make a video about child pickpockets in Victorian London?

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +4

      I have a video on the channel about pickpockets, which has a story of how a boy came to fall into such a life. You can find it on the channel page. Thank you for your comment.

  • @hankw69
    @hankw69 Рік тому +15

    It seems that little changes over time. The vast majority of young men in American prisons were raised fatherless. Here in southern California I have, on a number of occasions, witnessed welfare/section 8 mothers literally teaching their very young children to beg and steal from passers by.

    • @Copeandseethe822
      @Copeandseethe822 Рік тому +5

      You're not paying attention if you think that little has changed since then and now. 🤡

    • @somniumisdreaming
      @somniumisdreaming Рік тому +4

      UK orphans have a system, one that lets them down but we do not leave them 5 yrs old begging for food. If America has that, it is so very sad, just like Victorian Britain. Massive wealth, dreadful poverty. What lucky lives many of us have lived.

  • @brunokirchensittenbach9294
    @brunokirchensittenbach9294 Рік тому +3

    …God shave 🪒 the Queen..🇬🇧

  • @theresareynolds3133
    @theresareynolds3133 Рік тому +1

    Why is it that we, as adults turn away from poor homeless children instead of giving them a meal, one of our kids' old jackets or an old pair of tennis shoes, I realize this has been going on pretty much since the beginning of time, but why do we as adults not offer them help, most of the time we act as if we don't see them. We don't really have a homeless population where we live, the bigger cities have them, our little town has less than 7,000 people in it. It's the homeless children that suffer the most, we all need to do a little more to help these kids, food, clothes, a warm place to sleep, these adoption agencies make it almost impossible to adopt a child, because of how much they charge, I understand the intense background check, it needs to be pretty much squeaky clean, there are so many children here needing new forever homes, adoption agencies need to help as well. My husband was in the foster care system, and he said it was like the social workers gave kids to people that were definitely under qualified and cruel, they just wanted that monthly check. My 3 brother's and I were raised by our maternal grandparents we were lucky.

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Рік тому +1

    Interesting but very sad time.

  • @JosephCee
    @JosephCee 11 місяців тому +1

    So awful. But man, these kids chose to live on the street rather than work in the factories...that says A LOT about the workforce and it's slavery-like environment. Even orphans were wise enough to see that at least the streets provided freedom. And just look at the workforce today, not much has changed except that they've "modernized" it and provide the illusion of freedom. I've worked in a ton of warehouses for about a decade and the modern day slavery is obvious. At first it wasn't because I was new to the workforce and completely naive, but after a few years when I got burned out it was clear. They were all about "production" first and everything else came secondary, even safety. I've walked out of so many warehouse jobs and never went back cuz I was so tired of the slave culture. Labor shouldn't be a part of life, at least not corporation labor. If your family has a farm or something like that, then that's a different story. But going to work in a factory/ warehouse for a company that doesn't give a damn about you for your whole life is no way to live, they're killing us all with this labor way of life, it's no life.

  • @HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66
    @HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66 Рік тому +1

    more pictures. Love the stories of course, but I'm a fanatic for vintage photography. love the channel in any event.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому

      Thanks very much! It's great that you like the history on the channel.

  • @jazmynbrown6820
    @jazmynbrown6820 Рік тому +1

    People are still mean to foster children. Nothing’s changed. Just the year.

  • @jaybell1390
    @jaybell1390 Рік тому +4

    ...... and we call Other people Savages! Jeez!

  • @naomiorbach1987
    @naomiorbach1987 Рік тому +4

    So sad

  • @nataliapanfichi9933
    @nataliapanfichi9933 11 місяців тому +1

    Good video

  • @jillmortlock8439
    @jillmortlock8439 Рік тому +3

    And that awful uk politician, Jacob Rees Mogg, stated it is favourite Era because employers were so benevolent😳. Yes, he is lacking in the brain area but it's OK because he grew up as a wealthy conservative in England which means you can say the most absurd things and still be a member if the government.

  • @charliebrownie4158
    @charliebrownie4158 6 місяців тому

    I saw some street urchins in Dublin who looked like this, 3 of them were fighting over some change one of them beat one of his brothers heads into the concrete I got to see how dangerous little kids were to each other and the color of brains this was 1993.

  • @grimthreeper1173
    @grimthreeper1173 Рік тому +1

    Yes, while the Royals sat on their thrones in their many castles. This is why I can't believe ANYONE would mourn the loss of the Queen. People are stupid.

    • @Fido-vm9zi
      @Fido-vm9zi 9 місяців тому

      There was/ IS value to such leadership.

  • @virgilpine9712
    @virgilpine9712 Рік тому +1

    What is saddest is that these children were treated as inherently bad and perverse. They were victims of circumstances, so they were dirty, uneducated and would break the law. There was no understanding that they were victims and that if given the opportunity, they could get ahead in life and do as good as any Lord or Lady. But alas, such were the class prejudices in the UK. We do the same today when we look down on kids in ghettos and slums.

  • @deanmark11
    @deanmark11 Рік тому +2

    And idiots say all the British benefited from the empire.

  • @Wheelchairspeeder
    @Wheelchairspeeder 3 місяці тому

    It wasn't the Victorian era but my mom and grandma no matter how poor we were if they saw anyone in need if they thought they could help they would..but I remember having friends with crummy homelives and practically lived on the street or couch hopped trying to stay out of juvenile hall and seems nearly all my friends growing up called my mom mom and my stepdad was a dad in the best possible of sanities and now over 20/30 years passed and all my friends are married with families of their own most of them or in the military and all doing well and consider my mom mom and my late grandmother mom.. we're all in our 40s..but my mom wouldn't hesitate to help them if they needed her..i like to think my mom and Granny if they lived back then would have been the sort to help these sweet ones the best they could if it kept them from ending up theives or worst...

  • @GlazzedDonut
    @GlazzedDonut Рік тому +1

    Such pitiful existences brought us here. Wrought forth from the deplorable sufferings of our forefathers.
    I am of the mud I am of the waste.
    I am today modern working poor. Though my life is a reprieve in comparison to the exuberant filth to which I've originated. Future descendants will shy at the tales of squalor and suffering I've had. All in your voice. Hahaha cheers again.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому

      Thank you! I appreciate it.

    • @VMM34
      @VMM34 7 місяців тому

      Men should have kept it in their pants if they were poor. There's the problem

  • @pattycake8272
    @pattycake8272 Рік тому +1

    I think I would make my way to a farm and hope they needed some help.

  • @russianamerican7397
    @russianamerican7397 Рік тому

    Here probably I thought I had tough childhood.

  • @christinewyatt4794
    @christinewyatt4794 Рік тому +1

    Glad Lord Shaftesbury and men and women like him who helped the poor

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards7142 Рік тому

    I'm waiting on delivery of The Life and Adventures of Nicolas Nickleby (1947) on dvd. Poor sad Smike.

  • @the_birthday_skeleton
    @the_birthday_skeleton Рік тому +1

    I wonder how many of these kids got sent to work in cotton factories?
    Perhaps having to mudlark along the drinking Thames shore ; or were pressed into chimney-sweep ‘apprenticeships’ (aka slavery)?
    Horrifying thought 😢

  • @ScarlettTonks-gn8pg
    @ScarlettTonks-gn8pg Рік тому

    I've been trying for ages to get a photo of what was the Turks head on motcome street London around the year 1915 it has to do with my family id appreciate it if any photos were available of the street and public house

  • @Thomas-yr9ln
    @Thomas-yr9ln Місяць тому

    Looks like they would have had someone to take them in.

  • @Snowythegoodestboy
    @Snowythegoodestboy Рік тому +1

    The Victorian era was the worst for the poor and the destitute and what did the good old namesake Queen Victoria do about it? Stuff her face with feasts and bred more kings abd queens for all of Europe with her beloved little Akbert. Sickening.

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 Рік тому +2

      The poor were always treated terribly throughout history and throughout the world. Not just Britain and not just Victoria

    • @dinarusso3320
      @dinarusso3320 3 місяці тому

      Absolutely

  • @mayraidrovo8208
    @mayraidrovo8208 5 місяців тому

    The flower girl 💔💔

  • @kquat7899
    @kquat7899 Рік тому +2

    But Queen Victoria loved them all.

  • @Hey___you
    @Hey___you Рік тому

    Thank goodness for the algorithm.

  • @laurencesmith2199
    @laurencesmith2199 Рік тому

    At the time we had an empire the sun never set on and some never even saw it rise .

  • @R.Kinney1492
    @R.Kinney1492 Рік тому

    Luxury! 🥂🍾

  • @ebrahim_alawami4
    @ebrahim_alawami4 9 місяців тому

    When we read the Qur’an, we find in it a verse in which God says: As for those who are happy, in Paradise: until the end of the verse, we read in it that God says , giving without ceasing, and in Paradise there is something we cannot imagine, but the question is how to be happy in this world and in the afterlife, meaning in Paradise.

  • @kingkong81icloud
    @kingkong81icloud Рік тому +2

    That’s the second channel today that had 666 likes for me today and I had 666 emails, spooky 👻

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Рік тому +1

      There are probably videos stuck on the same view count!

  • @Metonymy1979
    @Metonymy1979 Рік тому +2

    This makes me think of epigenetics. It's said that it's passed 3 generations. So, it kind of makes sense that the 3rd generation of these people turned into the greediest generation. The 1980s greed. When your cell memories say get more because you have nothing greed seems the likely outcome.

  • @TheLordHighXcutioner
    @TheLordHighXcutioner Рік тому +1

    All of you who are upset this is still going on in the world, give up your wealth and help out. Stop your crocodile tear virtue signaling.

    • @hildahilpert5018
      @hildahilpert5018 Рік тому

      How do know that they don't help kids through Save The Children, etc.my parents gave money to the poor,and I try to help the poor too.I haven't won the Powerball, but if God ever blessed me I sure would do more.

  • @Streamfit-j2k
    @Streamfit-j2k Рік тому +2

    Aah yes. The good old days

  • @freeatlast.
    @freeatlast. Рік тому +2

    Ah the good Ole days I wish we could back to that time.............. Maybe just for an hour or two.

  • @ovedg5960
    @ovedg5960 Рік тому

    America has the same problem

  • @pappacool6763
    @pappacool6763 Рік тому +9

    Kids problems back then: What will I eat? Where will I sleep? Will I survive the winter?
    Kids problems today: Shall I be male or female today? Should I start on puberty blockers now? This new iphone is not the exact color I wanted!!! My life is so hard!!!

  • @estelle4319
    @estelle4319 Рік тому

    Cruel planet still

  • @mishaa7263
    @mishaa7263 Рік тому

    who had it worse, 19th century victorian orphans or 21st century homeless americans?

    • @sutty8526
      @sutty8526 Рік тому +3

      Victorian children. Americans at least have opportunities

    • @mentalasylumescapee6389
      @mentalasylumescapee6389 Рік тому

      jews.

    • @dinarusso3320
      @dinarusso3320 3 місяці тому

      Really? America has plenty of programs to help homeless. Those children were treated like criminals

  • @SmartArtzz
    @SmartArtzz Рік тому +1

    whats with the voice?

    • @mentalasylumescapee6389
      @mentalasylumescapee6389 Рік тому

      yeah that's what i thought was strange, i mean he (the narrator) should of just tried to say what the boy said, not try to sound like what the boy sounded like...it's not that of course he will get the vocabulary wrong right from the start, it's a got dam 50 year old trying to sound like a 13 year old -.-

  • @asamanyworlds3772
    @asamanyworlds3772 Рік тому

    Slavery slavery slavery

  • @susanfaulkner2304
    @susanfaulkner2304 Рік тому +1

    I am wondering how The Royal Family that is supposed to take care of their countrymen, failed to keep these folks in jobs and good health. Did they not keep up on the problems?I'm curious.

  • @icalotdonthide2646
    @icalotdonthide2646 Рік тому +1

    Stories like these are the reason I have no sympathy for the complainers in industrialized counties. There are still places where surviving childhood is not guaranteed and yet in the west people want to complain about not getting 20/hr when their a high school drop out. 🙄🙄

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 Рік тому +1

      A lot of places in the west these days are hard to afford anywhere to live so people earning less fhan 20 hours worth of work a week would struggle to afford a place to live and pay for food and bills.