What was life in Victorian towns like?

Sommario:

1. What was life in Victorian towns like?
2. What was life like for poor Victorians?
3. What did poor Victorians do for fun?
4. What was life like in Victorian England?
5. What percentage of Victorians were poor?
6. How much did poor Victorians get paid?
7. Did poor Victorians go to school?
8. What did the rich Victorians think of the poor?
9. How much did a Victorian governess get paid?
10. What was the worst punishment in Victorian schools?
11. What did rich Victorians eat?
12. What did rich Victorians do in their spare time?
13. How old is a governess?
14. Why did people become governesses?
15. What subjects did the Victorians learn?
16. What was a typical Victorian breakfast?

What was life in Victorian towns like?

In Victorian cities there were a lot of poor people and the city was overcrowded, there were disease and crime especially in the slum districts. →These conditions had a disastrous effect on children's health because they were forced to work, there were a lot of illnesses, as cholera epidemics and tuberculosis.

What was life like for poor Victorians?

A poor Victorian family would have lived in a very small house with only a couple of rooms on each floor. The very poorest families had to make do with even less - some houses were home to two, three or even four families. The houses would share toilets and water, which they could get from a pump or a well.

What did poor Victorians do for fun?

Poor families made their own, such as cloth-peg dolls and paper windmills. Children would save their pocket money to buy marbles, a spinning top, skipping ropes, kites or cheap wooden toys. Girls played with dolls and tea sets whilst boys played with toy soldiers and marbles.

What was life like in Victorian England?

Although the Victorian era was a period of extreme social inequality, industrialisation brought about rapid changes in everyday life that affected all classes. Family life, epitomised by the young Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine children, was enthusiastically idealised.

What percentage of Victorians were poor?

It's necessary to actually understand what Victorian poverty was. Late 19th century Britain had some 25% of the population living at or below the subsistence level. This subsistence level is not a measure of inequality, nor of the lack of winter clothes.

How much did poor Victorians get paid?

Conductors were allowed to keep four shillings a day out of the fares they collected, and drivers could count on 34 shillings a week, for a working day beginning at 7.45 and ending often past midnight. A labourer's average wage was between 20 and 30 shillings a week in London, probably less in the provinces.

Did poor Victorians go to school?

Where did poor Victorians go to school? Poor children sometimes had the opportunity of attending a church school, but these schools had very poor facilities with class sizes of up to 100 children. However, from 1880 the law changed and all children between the ages of 5 to 10 had to go to school.

What did the rich Victorians think of the poor?

The Poor	The Wealthy
had few luxuries. ate food they could afford to buy worked long hours lived in damp, filthy conditions. Many children died of disease.	usually well fed, clean and well clothed. didn't need to work lived in big houses with servants went on holidays children had expensive toys children went to school

How much did a Victorian governess get paid?

The governess, though she may “toil seven hours in a day” receives little thanks and little monetary compensation for her troubles, while “a menial obtains” kind words of thanks from an employer. And the pay for a years service as governess? Fifty pounds.

What was the worst punishment in Victorian schools?

When children at Victorian schools behaved badly, they were often punished by being hit on the hands with the teacher's cane. Many teachers were very strict and most schools kept a "Punishment Book" to record the names of the bad ones and the details of their offences.

What did rich Victorians eat?

These were: Beef, mutton, pork, bacon, cheese, eggs, bread, potatoes, rice, oatmeal, milk, vegetables in season, flour, sugar, treacle, jam and tea. These foods would form a stable of most diets and would be a basis for most meals.

What did rich Victorians do in their spare time?

Victorian life could be busy but Victorians liked to make good use of their leisure time by playing games and sports and going on day trips and holidays. The ways in which people could entertain themselves varied depending on whether they were rich or poor, male or female.

How old is a governess?

A governess is a woman, probably young, but not necessarily, could be middle aged, who lives with a family and is responsible for the teaching of the girls, so that could be anywhere from about a five year old up to an eighteen year old.

Why did people become governesses?

Governesses became increasing popular through the Victorian era for both the Upper and Middle-classes. ... This meant that life as a governess was often lonely. The governess was usually only employed for a family for a couple of years before they are unneeded and therefore, need to find new employment.

What subjects did the Victorians learn?

What did the schools teach? Typical lessons at school included the three Rs - Reading, WRiting and Dictation, and ARithmetic. In addition to the three Rs which were taught most of the day, once a week the children learned geography, history and singing. The girls learned how to sew.

What was a typical Victorian breakfast?

A typical breakfast might consist of stoneground bread smeared with dripping or lard (consisting largely of healthy monounsaturated fats), accompanied by a large bunch of watercress, rich in vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.