2- Working with press:
Jun 07, 1851
Jun 11, 1851
The railway rapidly increased the population of Manchester. By 1851 over 455,000 people were living in the city. Housing conditions were appalling. It was reported that in some parts of the city the number of toilets averaged only two to two hundred and fifty people. Only forty per cent of the children living in this area reached their fifth year. Manchester is famous for its libraries. Manchester had new types of industry: electrical, chemical, steel...
3- Visit this web-site and find out more about children life in Victorian times, during the industrial revolution:
The Victorian age in British history is named after Queen Victoria, who was Britain's queen from 1837 until 1901. Only richer families could afford to pay the school fees, though some schools gave free places to poor boys. Girls did not go to school when the Victorian age began. Some were taught at home, but most girls got little education. Some children pushed trucks of coal along mine tunnels. They were called 'putters'. In Victorian times, many families had 10 or more children. Sadly, many children died as babies, or from diseases such as smallpox anddiphtheria. Many Victorian children were poor and worked to help their families. Although many children worked in Victorian times, they still had time to play.
4- Watch this video of modern times film, what do you think that Charles Chaplin want to say?
New jobs were simple and monotonous.
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