Edwardian Child Criminals: Haunting Mugshots from the Past / HD Colorized Photographs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Welcome to a fascinating collection of colorized photographs showcasing Edwardian child criminals from North Shields, in the North East of England.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, England underwent significant legal reforms to address the treatment of young offenders. At the time, the age of criminal responsibility was 7 years old, meaning children as young as 7 could be held legally accountable for their actions. However, for those aged 7 to 14, the legal principle of doli incapax presumed they lacked the ability to understand right from wrong unless proven otherwise by the prosecution.
The Youthful Offenders Act of 1899 began separating children from adult criminals, leading to important changes by 1901, such as banning hard labor for children under 16 and removing them from adult prisons. Instead, young offenders were placed in remand homes while awaiting trial and, if convicted, sent to industrial schools or reformatories. These institutions aimed to rehabilitate through education and training, though conditions often varied, and corporal punishments like birching remained common until abolished in 1948.
Further reforms, including the transformative Children Act of 1908, introduced juvenile courts, banned imprisonment for children under 14, and established borstals for offenders aged 16-21, emphasizing rehabilitation over punishment.
During the Edwardian era, the currency in England used a system called pounds, shillings, and pence. This was before the UK switched to a decimal system in 1971.
The Basics:
Pound (£): This was the largest unit of currency
Shilling (s): A smaller unit, worth 1/20th of a pound
Pence (d): The smallest unit of currency
Half Penny (½d): Half of a penny (pence)
12 pence (12d) = 1 shilling (1s)
20 shillings (20s) = 1 pound (£1)
Shorthand:
£2 10s 6d = 2 pounds, 10 shillings, and 6 pence
5s 4d = 5 shillings and 4 pence
£1 = 1 pound, or 20 shillings
£1 in 1905 would be worth about £140-£160 in today's money (2025), depending on the calculation method (inflation, purchasing power, etc.).
£1 in 1905 was equivalent to around $4.85 US dollars at the time.
Images courtesy of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
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Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoyed this collection of photographs and discovered some you hadn’t seen before. If you did, please consider giving the video a like and subscribing to the channel-it really helps! While colorizing isn’t always perfect, it’s a fascinating way to bring these old, often faded photos back to life. Thanks again, Danny.
After viewing these old photographs of times gone by, suddenly my life doesn't quite seem so bad.
Thank you to all concerned for collating this collection for us all to gawk at and peruse at our leisure.
You are doing very important work, and allowing these poor souls to have one last curtain call, to say to us, " We once existed too, you know. "
Thank you all, and I wish you rainbows.
May all of their souls rest in peace.
Out of interest I searched the 1901 Census for a couple of the girls shown here: Margaret Leadbitter @ 1:59 and Maud Garmey @ 9:59.
In 1901 Margaret was 8 and living with her parents and three siblings at 2 George’s Terrace off George Street, North Shields. Her father, William, was a cartman.
Maud was 12 in 1901 and living at 14 Henry Street, North Shields in the house of her brother-in-law, Fredrick Sharpe. He was a Ships Plater and the husband of Maud’s oldest sister, Gertrude. It was a crowded household, the couple having two young children of their own plus four members of the Garmey family.
Thanks Mark, this is really interesting to know.
I want to know what happened to them all. So sad.
@VinnieRM A few people have said this. I am going to make another video with those I can find from genealogy data.
The two lads sentenced to seven days for sleeping rough were probably glad of a bed and being indoors for a few nights.
Most of the boys would have been of military age in 1914. I wonder how many of them served during World War I.
That was just my thinking. How many would have been killed. Very sad.
I was thinking that, and died. So sad.
In recent times it seems to be a common misconception that everyone in the UK lived in the likes of Downton Abbey.
That we lived privileged lives, enjoying the fruits of the commonwealth.
It simply isn't true!
And here is the proof.
So much poverty and sadness.
Fred Mud stole A fish and got hard labor ! others got arrested for "sleeping rough" ! OMG ! So sad, so cruel.
No "diversity" back then.
The "good" old days!
I know it’s awful especially the much younger ones but my Dad was born in 1910 and working full time for Willy Clarkson and so some of these older lads might have found jobs and perhaps some were working and got caught.
I noticed there was something about information on pre-decimal currency, but it was partly covered by the caption. What is it, please? When I was 9 my family and I lived in Australia for 6 months before decimalization; we had half pennies or ha'neys, pennies, threepence, sixpence, shillings and florins, and the pound notes. We left the day the money changed. In fact, here on TH-cam, I came across the TV ads that informed people about the money change. Look them up and watch them; they're interesting.
You were lucky to move then, what an experience it must have been for your parents. Details of the monetary system before the UK switched to a decimal system in 1971, I hope it helps:
The Basics:
Pound (£): This was the largest unit of currency
Shilling (s): A smaller unit, worth 1/20th of a pound
Pence (d): The smallest unit of currency
12 pence (12d) = 1 shilling (1s)
20 shillings (20s) = 1 pound (£1)
Shorthand:
£2 10s 6d = 2 pounds, 10 shillings, and 6 pence
5s 4d = 5 shillings and 4 pence
£1 = 1 pound, or 20 shillings
£1 in 1905 would be worth about £140-£160 in today's money (2025), depending on the calculation method (inflation, purchasing power, etc.).
£1 in 1905 was equivalent to around $4.85 US dollars at the time.
It was halfpenny 1/2d, Penny 1d, Threepence 3d, Sixpence 6d, Shilling 1/-, 2 Shilling 2/- , Halfcrown 2/6, Crown 5/-, Ten Shilling note, 1 Pound note £1.
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They live off their wits