A Hard Night in Glasgow's Stinking Rat Pit (1900s Cheap Lodging House)
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- The Glasgow 'Rat Pit' was a fetid lodging house for the city's sick and unfortunate women. Here, the poor tried to forget a miserable existence in strong drink. The underworld, appeared to some as a Rat-pit, where human beings, pinched and poverty-stricken and ground down with a weight of oppression, were hemmed up like the plague-stricken in a pest-house.
Norah Ryan was a young Donegal girl who, leaving Ireland after the death of her father, made her way to Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century to escape poverty and in search of a better life. Trudging the streets in search of a friend, she found her way to the pestilential 'Rat-pit,' in the slum district of Cowcaddens, where she spent a night. The story and characters you will hear to today, in Norah Ryan's night spent in the Rat-pit, are based on real events and people.
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I’ve loved every single one of your videos up ‘til now, but, my goodness! Your *attrocious* ‘Scottish’ accents are absolutely unbearable and on a par with those of ‘Brigadoon’ (probably worse). On a secondary note, even on a farcical level, that has to be the farthest from an actual Weegee accent I’ve ever heard.
Please PLEASE don’t ruin your excellent content by hamming it up in this tin-earred and insensitive way again!🤞🏻❤🏴
As a woman, thank you for this story. So many of the tales are the stories of men. While that is useful to know too, I am starved to know the stories of poor women.
Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you found value in the story. I have an account by Octavia Hill on my channel - though not poor herself, she helped poor men and women. Similarly, for my American slums videos.
many thanks to the woman narrators as well. really brought this tale to life.
@@polpotpie715 the voices are his I think, good isn't he?
Women aren't mentioned often because they are irrelevant
@@polpotpie715 It's a man doing a woman's voice 🤦♂️
Apologizing to be alive : that is exactly what poverty make you feel like all the time....
During my time in london 1994 2007 i often felt the same. The dole sees you don't starve but for a while " sofa surfing" and squatting my only shield against pure homelessness did wear away at my tenuous feeling of being entitled to exist. To live.
This is once more a vividly told story, and your voice(s) are so well suited for telling them....
thank you very much for this and all the other videos.
If people knew how close to the ledge of the homelessness they live....
Thank you once more!
I really appreciate your comment about homelessness and to understand why this had such meaning for you, thank you!
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Every comment i posted on your videos, you replied to me! This is so kind of you.
I'd love to see your channel grow... and it will.
Thank you
As does disabilities
thank you for reminding me that while I live ,"below the poverty line", I can be greatfull for a place to sleep and food etcetera.
Thank you for your comment. It's nice to know you found this meaningful.
Your voices are priceless!!!
Thanks! Glad to entertain.
I will live forever in awe of people who survived those times. is an amazing channel.
Nice video set in my home city . Thank you very much for the upload
It's great that this one had meaning for you. Thank you!
Thank god for the Welfare state. The young, the elderly and the infirm exposed to the harshest of elements unless they could scrape together a few pennies for a bed. Hard Times as Dicken's described it.
Still happens. Well in the U.S. and elsewhere it does not sure where you are from. Was being pretty general
The worse thing was getting sick back then even little house on the prairie when they got sick or gave birth it was the scariest episodes
Your best narration yet! It was really sad what these women want through living a life in poverty and shame.
It was a hard existence. Scraping pennies together by day, only to spend it on a night in a lodging house like the 'Rat Pit.' Thank you for your comment.
wow, we take so much for granted these days. These people were so tough. They must have gone through a literal hell.
Love the Scottish accent haha awesome. My fathers side come from Mayo and scottish. for some reason this made me think on the poverty my Irish ancestors felt when the escaped the famine to come to Sunderland & Durham. there's a sayin in my family that they were that poor they ate grass on arrival.
Thanks for your comment and sharing your interesting story.
He’s actually Irish.
Sunderland and Durham is actually in England though.
@@markshaw270 They said they left the famine which happened in Ireland and then went to those places. Not that they were from there. Know this is old but thought I'd do the honor sorry
I love your old lady voice! Reminds me of Monty Python
Dennis! There's some lovely filth down 'ere!
This is what the current gov wants to return the country too… the good old days!
Another Sunday, another 60+ hour week in. I know my life is better than these women ( Even if I feel like a working girl after all these years in retail) Still, I can sympathize with the feeling of weariness, sore feet and always feeling tired. Your videos keep me going as a Sunday treat!
It’s nice that you look forward to watching the videos. I really appreciate that. I hope you feel rested and I wish you a better week to come.
I'm sure you have a bright and kind heart. Happy Sunday.
Get involved in a labor union and organize, please...stand up for yourself...
You go girl!! Snap snap! 😘
Excellent narration your accents make this living nightmare of poverty existence come to life ... this is what happens ... now days too
Glad to bring life to this story, which reflects the reality for many of Glasgow's poor.
I watched a program that was showing that a building in the barras used to charge a person space to sleep, but not lying down you stood all night leaning against a thick rope that was secured to the wall. It was a tough life then, but to some I'd say it's still a tough life now.
You can find out more about 'Penny Sit-ups' - sleeping on ropes and benches - in my video 'Rough Sleeping,' should you be interested.
@@FactFeast is it correct this is where the term "hang over" originated? I remember reading something, but I'm not sure if the link was rather tenueos.
I think the comment section to video I mentioned has a lot discussion on that topic, which may be useful, though I believe the origin is still debated.
Nothing today (thus far) can compare to the absolute poverty and squalor of those times. No rights, no benefits, housing not fit for pigs, and utter wretchedness. Filth, disease and malnourishment.
That was Great Britain for you.
@@Yourmotheratemydog_ that's exactly where it came from, imagine having to pay to hang over a rope? The other option of sleeping in a box filled with straw must have been completed luxury!
As a Glaswegian this was very interesting nearly as interesting as your accents 😂👏👏👏
Thanks! Glad it was entertaining 😃
@@FactFeast that was sarcasm mate
@@josephberrie9550 give a guy a break for the love of god, who cares if accent is wrong,is your life so crappy that nitpicking makes you feel good,just let a body do what they like doing. Me I love looking at old buildings so I'm always looking up to see stuff while everyone else has their heads down.
I studied abroad in Glasgow four years ago, and I was thinking a similar thing. At best, it's a poor general Scottish accent, but sounds NOTHING like Glaswegian! 😂
@@imow628 gotta make it understandable by everyone lol
"Everyone Isn't Young Like You." This is a line I am going to rely on over and over again if my demented brain can remember it.
'Ground down by the weight of oppression'. The crucial message.
Thank you my good Sir.
Glad you enjoyed the story.
ah ha, I live in Glasgow honestly there's still horrible poverty here :(
Sometimes it really makes me smile when the narrator reminds me of Robin Williams.
Mrs Doubtfire! 😀
I love this chanel, love the voice change, 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I really love anything to do with victorian, 😁👌👍
Great! Nice to know you found it interesting and entertaining.
@@FactFeast I most certainly did! ive always found the victorian era fascinating, and also spooky, I've got books on Jack the ripper also, i like gothic style victorian buildings, ime always looking at old victorian photos, also the victorians used to photograph there dead relatives, 😳😳 but they looked like they were asleep, i found that abit spooky! Yes i do like your chanel, as its what ime interested in, 😁👍
Oh gosh! I so enjoyed your accents. Full marks for effort.
Thank you! 😃 Glad you enjoyed the story.
Many Donegal people went to Glasgow over the century!
This dudes impression of a 1900s poverty striken women is crease
"cheapest room in Glasgow tis was, can't get a room nooeeewww"
I can't relate, speaking as a homeless person rn 😂🤣😭
The content of your videos is always compelling! Thank you!
That's excellent! I'm glad to know you find the history stories good to watch.
Thanks for the vid!
No problem!
The weirdest part for me living in Glasgow is…a lot of it hasn’t changed, building wise I mean. A lot of the pubs round here have old photos from the early 1900s hung up of the area they are situated in & often you’re like “oh! I recognise that building! I know that statue”. That plus the fact I own a flat in a building of that era blows my mind…I mean it’s small for us (2 ppl 1 bed, tiny kitchen, living room, tiny bathroom) but back then it’d have been a welcome luxury for a family. They probably didn’t even have a bathroom in it back then…
Bravo wonderful vid keep em coming 👍
Much appreciated!
What a terribly sad existence.
Yes, more an existence than 'life.'
Hi I've just discovered your chanel through this excellent video and sad tale. As a resident of Glasgow I found it to be right up my street in more ways than one. I wonder if Nora ever found Sheila.
I'm glad you found my channel and this video was interesting for you. The story is by Patrick MacGill if you want to find out more.
I’m from Ayrshire, straight short train ride from Glasgow and your accent is like an old Ayrshire accent. Well done 😀👍
My great grandma had a boarding house in Glasgow late 1800s. She left after my young grandma was born...left with her 4 daughters for Ellis Island.
What is worse , being very very hungry or homeless, I think homeless because as sad as it is if you have a roof over your head and you can always beg and pick up a burger off the street, but if your homeless you can't eat your mind is knackered. But this video from 1900 you wouldn't find a crust you just die. R,I.P to the forgotten ones, I hope there's an after life and they have more luck.
food banks , zero hour contracts and energy prices, we going back there
Food banks have been around, but weren't around at all back then. Partly why some people starved. The other stuff, okay but why did you think food banks existing were the issue?
Not even close.
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Such a tough life then, it's unimaginable how so many lived 💔
in the United States they have thousands of helpless and homeless people all over their cities
@@russhall1414 in well aware of that, and the homeless here in the UK. It's terrible but doesn't stop me feeling sorrow for the people in these videos.
A hundred years later and not much had changed there’s just more of it
That Scottish accent was very entertaining.
its an irish accent not scottish
You do such amazing work on this channel. I love listening to these fascinating stories even though they are pretty depressing. Take care.
Glad you like them! Real life, raw and un-varnished.
my favourite episode. i love the voices.
That’s great!
Thank you so much I love the content, I'm obsess with it. 😂 I've always wondering if they were better of living in the country side at that time or if it was worst if you were poor.
Fantastic! Thanks for being a regular viewer.
Francine L Se avesse vissuto in campagna, non saresti morta di fame, perché la terra non ha fatto morire di fame nessuno. Anche qui in Italia, chiunque lavorava i terreni avevano la casa piena di roba da mangiare anche la frutta. Basta avere voglia di lavorare. Un po' la povertà è sinonimo degli sfatigati. Saluti Italia.
I love the voices you do. I adore your channel. please upload more about the Edwardians!
Thank you so much! I hope to do more about them in future.
you should do more longer videos. do you know anything about Victorian Halifax Nova Scotia? Interesting. Thsi is where the Halifax Explosion was in 1917@@FactFeast
You don't realise how lucky we are. "The past is another country, they do things differently there."
Don’t listen to the haters. The voices made the story. I’ve heard much worse readings on Audible. You did great.
Glad it worked for you. Thank you!
hate you are joking i hope..... its a comment jeez people are just so full of it nowadays
More convincing than Mrs Doubtfires accent anyway 👍
Wait, did the old lady say, "I'm a cute one and I know everything."? That's going to be my new self affiramtion mantra.
great video, love the accent sounds like mrs Doubtfire! 🙂
Wow, thank you!
Woman exclaims in goblin-like voice "You're a stranger here!" reply: "Yes, first time in hell. Just visiting"
rat pit reminds me of my student halls in Brighton 😅🌀
Thanks for sharing.
A pleasure! Glad it was of interest for you.
@@FactFeast The pleasure is mine.
Every time I read " The Rat Pit" I cry my heart out.
If you rent your home you can't ever feel secure, unless it's a council property. If you are given notice, you'll have to find another place to rent within travelling distance of your job and if there are none or only ones outside your budget and you have no savings to fall back on, you're in trouble. Speaking from experience.
People really don't realise the thin line we walk everyday 😢
I was in Glasgow when they flattened The Gorbals. All that was left was The Cross. Must have been 1972.
Records cost £2.10.
Not much has changed!
Last part of my research model lodging house they crammed many individuals into very small rooms often sharing beds or sleeping upright on benches no one had any privacy many of lodging house were were 2or 3 houses joined together but with only one toilet and washroom or other facilities. At height of flapper scare in 1888 hernietta Barnett wife of barber st Jude church commercial street forwarded petition signed by four thousands women of whitechapel to queen victoria begging her to prevail upon your servants in authority to close down common. And common lodging houses for homeless , vargants tramps there are various workhouses casual wards charitable refugees operated in many towns cities. In 1839 London around 220 lodging houses . In 1851 lodging houses were notorious for their overcrowding and even journalist and social investigator Henry mayhew noted that while 3000 , 000 people of London live in one room tenements and 900, 000 are illegally viciously housed . Every lodging house keeper shall prevent coming up from sewer or cesspool shall keep yards areas of such lodging house properly paved and roofs tight with piper spouts . No lodging house keeper shall permit to kill or suffer any animal or birds to be kept in or about such lodging house . Happy fall in advance you in uk and USA have same date in fall season thank you for your giving chance to read learn new information we appreciate your efforts as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well stay safe blessed good luck to you your dearest ones
Fascinating reading! 🙏✨
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
As a Glaswegian ma heid is burstin listening to that "accent" 😩
I luv yr old lady voice
Happy to know you found the narration entertaining, thank you.
These accents are killing me lmao
But like a good, bad Nick Cage movie, I want more!
With the narrator also voicing the characters, this would remind me of a Monty Python skit if it weren't true and tragic.
Aw, the poor little old Scottish and Irish grannies 😢
Always good storytelling accent is a bit Hollywood
Very sad poor peoples good story thank u 🙏
You're welcome. Thank you for your comment.
Was anyone else hoping it was literally a rat pit?
That accent put monty python to shame ;)
what kind of micro phone is this recorded on? sound is great
I nominate you for the Graham Chapman Memorial Award for Doing Women's Voices. 😂
Sheesh! I was born & raised in scotland & I struggled to make out what you are saying when trying to copy the scottish accent!
Because you’re a normal lady in the 21st century, not a poverty stricken elderly woman living in the hood in Glasgow in the early 1900s lol
I wounder if you ever start to talk in these different voices.qhen going about everyday life.. surly one off them snick out from time to time
Need to be shown in every school
How are you doing sir thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel although it’s really misery for people especially low class at that time it’s very painful story any away as always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s common lodging house is victorian era term form of cheap accommodation in which inhabitants are lodged together in one or more rooms in common with rest of lodgers who are not members of one family for eating or sleeping slang term flophouse is roughly equivalent of common lodging houses nearest and lodging house is building that has been divided into rooms each rooms each let to different people some rooms were let for 8 hours allowing owners to increase profits. Many rooms have double beds not all lodging houses were heated if heat was available it’s would be from hot stoves placed in hallways residents faced vermin general filth horrific smells along with ice other bedbugs Mice .
It's hard to imagine trying to sleep in a cheap lodging house. it must have been noisy and filthy. Thank you for your comment.
Somethings Never Change........
such a sad life
Merely an existence, sadly.
Dont no why but would love to hav been around in them days
Where abouts in Glasgow ,was this
Cowcaddens, close to the city centre.
is this 1900's or SNPs 2022
I don't know what's funnier, the narrator's old lady voice or young woman voice...I appreciate the videos, though.
That's great! I appreciate your support.
Good dress often hides a dirty hide. Classic
Jeezo , the accent takes away the story hellish
Bonnie lassies a quickie
Victorian history always makes me so angry. It’s the same today. Can’t afford heating or food. People being made homeless. We have not evolved at all.
U just want to plant trees and sleep in the woods. Illagal, if you can imagine it.
We have improved a lot. People are rarely dying on the street in developed nations from exposure or malnutrition. Things need to continue to progress, but it doesn’t mean we haven’t come a long way
Reminds me of a ship's messdeck
though not ideal or clean at least the homeless had a place to go back then.
As a Glaswegian I can attest that for reasons like this we are hard, mental nutcases
And we're proud of being so aye?
Definitely. Been homeless in Glasgow and it really was eye opening.
I don't know if am offended or amused at the accents 💀😂😂
Beg pardon
Lol, yer wemins voices...
Might have enjoyed it more if the silly voices weren't included.
Id definitely stick to your own accent lol. Oooft. ;)
I like them but not the he old lady narration. Hard to understand.
There are lost tribes in the Amazon that have never seen another human outside their tribe ,and every one of them could do a better Scottish accent than this mon
Man shat up. Ppl who don’t know exactly how a Scottish accent should sound are not pressed about it. He is good enough🤨
The voice killed the amazing story
The accent was bloody awful 😂 but apart from that, thanks ❤
Ur accent not very good , but interesting all the same 🙂
Appalling scots accent nevermind Glaswegian 😂
The womens voice was hard to listen to.. could you possibly just read out the words rathet than act the part?
Can someone explain where pitifully poor people get the money to buy cigarettes and liquor? The same thing happens today - people on benefits paying $50 for a pack of smokes but crying poor and complaining about the greed of landlords because they never made the effort to buy a place of their own and instead have to rent.
So when you gotta spend 80% of your monthly income on rent, month after month, where does the rest go? Are poor people not entitled to pleasure?
terrible scottish accent - as expected
For the sake of my ears , stop with excruciating ' Glaswegian' accents!
They are the best 🤣
😂😄
The accents are terrible. Content is good though.
Thanks for your feedback. Glad you liked the content.