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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Awful treatment of children while the rich gorged them selves on wealth the poor lived in complete hell like gutter rats
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!
The pronunciation of halfpenny us haypenny!
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For years when my life seems bad, I always think how bad it must have been for these poor kids in this era.
I had the same kind of thoughts recently.
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!!
I feel the youth has been abused since day one.....and still happening. 😪❤.
DITTO 😢
There's an arab proverb - "I was unhappy because I had no shoes, and then I met a man who nhad no feet."
Sad to think that some children in some parts of the world still face these same struggles today.
We seem to be heading back to it in the U.K.
In some parts of Brazil they kill homeless children
@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 Britain is ruined. The immigrants have taken over
I agree but when it is still happening in the UK right now I think is disgusting.
@@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.
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.
What about “hunger “ and playing with their friends! 😢 never ending grief…
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
It makes me angry to think of people suffering like this while royalty lived in riches
Divine Right.
@@juanf5391God is a cruel psychopath
Completely agree
I look at my sweet little Grandbabies face and give thanks that he'll never need to know such suffering.
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.
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.
😢 that's terrible. It's a shame that they couldn't be adopted by couples who couldn't have children. Treated like criminals
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...🥺😢😢😢
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.
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.
Exactly
This video reminds me of how when Chief Sitting Bull toured with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show and visited the white man's cities, he said "How come the white man does not take of his children?"
We can’t help the Victorian children but we can help those poor children around the world who still live like this today., sadly.
Help your own countrymen. We have already seen what happens when other nations stick their disgusting noses in other countries businesses on the bases as "just trying to help".
The only way to stop children in poor countries from suffering is for their parents to stop having them.
Called birth control.
However a lot of money is being made on the backs of these suffering children,we've all seen the commercials of the starving children and how only $19 a month can save them and Blah blah,Remember way back in the 80s when all the rock stars got together and all sang ,Feed the world,about the starving kids in Africa?
Yea well their still starving. Why?
Cause they keep having kids they can't feed!
That old saying comes to mind,
Don't Breed them if you can't feed them!
facts!
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.
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.
Broken people breed broken people. I know. My bio mother is broken. Good thing I can’t pass her on….
We are far worse now! Lip service doesn't make anyone gentler.
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.
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.
How children are treated by adults will directly affect how those same children turn out as adults themselves.
The more and more stories that come out about the Victoria era, the more and more animosity I have towards Queen Victoria
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.
There were orphan children sent to Australia and Canada to work on farms right up till the late 1970's.
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.
@@margaretnesbeth593 By WWII British children were no longer coming to Canada.
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
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.
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
I wonder if your friend was told about how life was like for his grandfather as a boy? Incredibly interesting.
@@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 👍👍
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 🙂
Do you know what workhouse he was born in?
@@skippertheeyechild6621 downpatrick, county down, i think
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.
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
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 .
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.
@@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.
Do you ever get depressed while creating these wonderful videos? They’re all top notch.
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.
For many.......The " good old days " , weren't .
Wonderful content . Thank you .
For most it was a life of hard work and little else. Thanks for watching!
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.
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
How very sad for the poor, especially the children! :((
The monsters who ruled then,still rule today in the form of their descendants..And STILL we allow it!!!
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.
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
Thank you very much! I’m glad you think the content has value.
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.
Dang they treated little poor kids like street garbage- like convicts
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.
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.
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
Oh that's so sad. I didn't know little children were treated so bad back then.
Never knew they hanged little one's back then. How barbaric.
But unfortunately humans didn’t learn and kept breeding- hence the crisis the world is in today 😢
The poor donkey looks broken 😞
Considering how retched life was for poor people, think how bad it must have been for the animals in that situation; absolutely terrible.
Well, it's a good time of year to be reminded how blessed I've been that neither I nor my children ever faced destitution like this.
I notice that the children still are good humoured and really aren't complaining. There seems to be an attitude of "Well, I'm lucky really...I have lodgings// I gets me dinner and sometimes breakfast//I've got a whole shilling a week left over. (And if not, things will improve//in summer//when I'm older//etc) Also it was interesting that the word "kid" had to be explained!
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!!!
Exactly! And this wasn't to long ago in the whole scheme of things.
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.
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.
Mine is too
If it wasn't the poverty and desease that took a child physically mentally a child would be further torchered and traumatised in an assylum or in a prison hulkship or prison even transported for life for the slightest crime
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! 💪
Good to know you found this compelling! Thank you.
This is horrendous 😢 😞
My eye always goes first to the animals pulling the carts. Sad horrible lives it reveals in how thin and miserable they usually look. 😥😩
I read a book of interviews that Henry Mayhew did with the poor of Victorian London and it was interesting
You can find some of Mayhew's interviews in videos on my channel.
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. 🕯
Yes, for many life was hard and I think it’s worthwhile giving a voice to their lives. Thank you for your comment.
It's CRAZY how even the Vatican City is very rich and the towns outside the Vatican are very poor and starving
Look at the Anglican castles etc etc
Poor little kiddies ,, I feel sad now , 😢
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?”
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!
Of course it's changed much better now😅
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
How can adults mismanage a class of adults and children that have nothing in such cruel ways. This wasn't helping them to better themselves or to help them work towards better circumstances but it was a punishment for being poor and the ones running these horrible places were just beasts they didn't care about anyone and how can you force a child to work to just have a place to stay when all they did was be born to poor parents. It was cruel and it was meant to be. There were plenty of people that had the money to make these situations better for the children. But greed was plentiful and compassion didn't exist. London was messed up the way they did the less fortunate was never going to improve anything and it didn't.
Can you see the similarities with life today?!?
@@cherrimullins9632 NO !
It is very similar. I mean the 1% could literally solve the poverty problems in most countries. But they don't even have 5o get paid. And to them, us doing the work is just natural. Them collecting the money is too. "Some float to the top while the muck sinks" is how I was told once by a multimillionaire in Seattle.
When I argued that he inherited his money and I was working from the bottom, he said his great grandfather built from the bottom. And I said 8n a time when they were just building this damn city and he just didn't get how it was different. I just needed a city to offer needed items, or an idea no one had. I said will you invest. And of course for 51%. Lol
In the states they are trying to lower the working age to 12 in some states. And my mom and all her siblings worked in the fields with my grandpa since about 6, til 16 to 18. Cause he got paid by the bushel. I started working at 14. Full time at 15 after I got my GED.
IT ISNT MUCH DIFFERENT.
Exactly!
Heartbreaking 😢.
I would love to hear you narrate Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Fantastic.
Thanks for listening! Glad you enjoyed the experience.
I love the way you do these videos. I always feel like I am there. Thank you❤
It's great that you think so! Much appreciated.
Poor children.
Things are bad in this day and age, it’s sad when we look back on times gone by, the children of today have schools and not made to work, a part from this we still have it just as bad with children sleeping on the streets.
Yes. Children for the most part are spoiled, coddled, catered to and have no respect for anybody or anything
What about all of the child sex trafficking today? I would bet many of these children were sexually abused. This has never been a kind or caring world. I long for Christ's return and hopefully these children who since, long passed will see heaven.
@@MyNameIsMissMe I think she meant where she lives specifically. Of course there are children who have to work, or are forced to, all over the 🌍. You're very quick to call a stranger deluded.
Dude your voice and the way u tell the story!
Thanks! Great to know you enjoy the story telling 🙂
Indeed, your voice is made for this! 😍
This horror; was seen as the normal destiny , and fate of people less fortunate, on the British Isles , the center of the richest world empire of the time .
No social programs. safety net, Social Security, unemployment, labor laws.
All of this neglect, cheered and endorsed by the power structure of massive , wealth at the very top .
Sad bad times to be a poor child in those days , we all only get one life and I’m glad mine has been in modern times and not in those days …Of course to be born into a richer family it was probably different, but definitely not into a poor one.
Even in "modern times", there are still children that are suffering with being poor & in poverty, especially in 3rd world countries.
@@fabledfantasty7343 .Yes there will probably always be those unfortunate people…But I was referring to England , we were supposed to be an advanced country in those times as indeed we were , we ruled over many other lands then but still in our major cities poverty like that existed, thank goodness things have changed now , of course there will always be unfortunates , but not on that scale in London as it was .
Thanks for the vid!
Our pleasure!
What a striking and informative thumbnail. Very interesting to see two forms of human mentality.
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.
“Iiiits a hard knock life for us!”
Thank you for sharing this Merry Christmas 2022
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.
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 🙂
The fifteen year old boy talks like a forty year old. He just wants to sleep at the end of the day.
I just discovered your content with this video. Absolutely magical. I've never subscribed faster.
Fantastic! A warm welcome to the channel and I hope enjoy watching what you find here. Much more to come.
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Thank you chalky72 😀 It’s great to know you enjoyed!
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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.
I'm glad you found value in watching. Thank you.
Thanks for all the great videos. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I’m glad to make videos for you that you enjoy watching 🙂 Merry Christmas and a huge thank you for being a regular viewer!
Charles Dickens also described the negative side of the Victorian Era England in "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations" to name a few.
The monarch just enjoying their lavish lifestyle while there people is crawling for poverty and cannot eat meal a day so sad during those trying times so cruel.
Oh, yes, how civilised was Britannia
Conversely, it was British people that paved the way for reformations in law that prohibited child exploitation and general cruelty. If you go to developing countries today, you'll see much of the same of what's detailed in this video, and worse.
This made me cry 😢
Best narration on youtube. By far
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Thank you
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Oliver Twist
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?"
He was right. If Native children lost parents the village took care of the children, not treated them like criminals
…God shave 🪒 the Queen..🇬🇧
Oh how I cry listening to this. How awful it was back then for children at least now there's lots of shelter and kids don't roam Britain nor America because of child laws put in place. Very thankful for that. But in DR and Haiti you still see it. Especially in Haiti. I can't watching kids starve and there's billionaires in this world cause I don't get it. How can one person have so much but still there's people starving in the world. This world is too rich to have poor people and the fact that some people in the middle east have trillions but around them there is still poor people is just mind boggling to me. May all those trillionaires one day be as poor as the rest world cause one person doesn't need that much money.
more pictures. Love the stories of course, but I'm a fanatic for vintage photography. love the channel in any event.
Thanks very much! It's great that you like the history on the channel.
So sad
Good video
How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel although it’s very sad topic at Victorian area especially for poor low class but deserving reading research as always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s actually orphans in Victorian era who could not find place in orphanages sometimes had to live on streets or in workhouses in Victorian society unfortunately orphans also often treated with disdain and distrust due to their reputation as criminal prone in individuals they were victims of classic Victorian contradictions. Victorian orphans might have one of two parents alive or relatives who have taken role of caretakers . Many orphans were abandoned abused even bought or sold thought to be born evil . They survive with money they earned daily , take food from street vendors sometimes by stealing or begging food from hotels or restaurants. During Victorian era 60 percent of all criminals turned to be orphans if child was not adopted or taken into institution. Many orphans of boys and girls died from simple as fever lack of treatment typhus t, tuberculosis major of these diseases tended to happen around charity schools orphanages because of severe vulnerable of environment . Male orphans were trained for life of army women were trained by governesses most became housewives we appreciate your efforts as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well best wishes for you your family friends
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What a sad truth 😢 Poor innocent kids , living with no hopes expecting only food and water or shelter!cant finish viewing…
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!!
Shameful way these kids were treated back then and even now in 2023
I heard a story that there was a priest that was giving money to the poor and he disappeared 😕
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.
Hickmopunk:Overbreeding HAS to stop!
1,000,000?
8 million orphans in the United States today and even more on the way with the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
I agree, but any County Health department will give a free exam and birth control, especially if they don't work. They give free condoms as well. They need to use it!
Can you please make a video about child pickpockets in Victorian London?
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.
Interesting but very sad time.
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.
You're not paying attention if you think that little has changed since then and now. 🤡
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.
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.
Why were they so poor ? Why didn't they have any extended family ? How did these good people end up with no possessions? It's like they were just brought to their situations with no memory or idea of their past. Orphans themselves perhaps. I think Archaix youtube channel can shed light on these questions. A very shaded and dark recent past we have, and time to think outside the box.
I'm sure some extended family did help. But there's only so much people could do. It cost money to take care of more people and most people got paid nearly nothing.
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.
Nothing has changed still the same in this modern age 2023.Rich get richer the poor poorer.
People are still mean to foster children. Nothing’s changed. Just the year.
...... and we call Other people Savages! Jeez!
very very sad
I'm waiting on delivery of The Life and Adventures of Nicolas Nickleby (1947) on dvd. Poor sad Smike.
I think I would make my way to a farm and hope they needed some help.
Thank goodness for the algorithm.
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.
There was/ IS value to such leadership.
When I watch these vids, I have to go and get something to eat afterwards. But I was poverty stricken and this was through a
Sickness and social security payments were well under poverty. But at least something was available in the 1990s. When one can retain their health, G-od willing, one can work their way back up, but if health coes not improve enough, its poverty forever.