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The penny sit-up was one of the first homeless shelters, created for the people of Blackfriars, in central London, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was operated by the Salvation Army to provide comfort and support to its destitute clients. What made this shelter unique was that in exchange for a penny, clients would be allowed to sit on a bench in a reasonably warm room all night. They were not allowed to lie down and sleep on the bench. A penny sit-up was the cheapest homeless shelter at that time
A very interesting and sad account of the poor and their even poorer living conditions. These stories are all told about the areas in which I was brought up and even in the 1970's these areas were full of impoverished and homeless people. Dock street at the lower end of Leman Street still has one of the doss houses I knew of but I guess it probably isn't a doss house now. This video reminded me of when my brother and I and our three sisters were forced to share a bed. Five of us crammed into a very small double. At least the bedding was clean, it was only temporary and the only thief was my brother stealing all the blanket :) Thanks again for another wonderful slice of the poor life of London.
My mum, aunt and grandparents were in a poor house in Walworth in the fifties. The whole place stank of carbolic soap, mum still hates the smell even now.
living in squats in brighton 1985, sometimes the only place to stay was the night shelter in a church near bedford square 20 blokes sleeping on the floor ,most of them stinking or drugged up, things havent changed much in 150 yrs
How horrible to live like that! And I complained for sharing a bed and a bedroom with my older brother till we were 7 and 8 years old. Back in the day poverty was much worse than today, at least in America.
Consider that, today, the poor in America (and other Western countries) suffer from an obesity epidemic, as opposed to scraping up pennies for bread and tea, and you can appreciate how fortunate we are to live in 2023, as opposed to 1893.
These terrible lives need more exposure on main stream media . I don't think I have ever seen any decent documentaries about these poor souls and dramas about that era are very sanitised. It's a great channel - thanks ✌️
@@FactFeast I grew up working-class in England in the 1960's . We were relatively poor . Plenty of people I knew still had outside toilets and tin baths in the scullery counted as bathrooms . However , we lived like kings and queens compared to these poor wretches whose experiences should never be forgotten.
Love your channel, and soothing voice that really paints a picture in my head. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I pop your channel on, not because it’s boring but because of your soothing voice and you have a talent for storytelling 🤩
God, this narration and story are always so good. Could you imagine a time where maybe it was OK to be caught just scratching your pubes? "Ah yeah, sorry, doss house crabs. You know how it is!" What misery!
yeah, reading Jack London's "The People of the Abyss" is harrowing, I'll never forget my first experience reading that, awesome vid as always! Happy New year also!
I think we can all understand far better the origins of the expression "dirt cheap" after listening to this account. Happy New Year. Very best wishes. Wishing you more success and many more subscribers.
I'm very sorry to hear that Dead2RitesCrosshairs. I can only wish for you better times for this new year. Best wishes to you and I truly thank you for watching and commenting on my videos. It means a lot.
I can’t imagine the stench, bugs and the filth of these places. I guess here in the US, on the east coast there something similar. Horrible that people had to live like this.
A doss house sounds like a city shelter. During the winter, if there are no beds, you can sit in a chair for the night, if they don't turn you away. You better sleep with everything you carried with you, or else you'll be leaving a few items lighter. Men and women are all crammed together, hacking, coughing, stinking and snoring. As soon as the sun comes up, back outside you go. Most prefer to sleep outside when it's warm.
We'll be back to that here soon gen x and z are all trying to find roommates you typically find a house or apartment with 5-7 people anymore... nobody can afford the $800-$1000 rent and housing market sucks inflation and then some... we're going backwards 🙏
Very interesting channel. I look forward to perusing many more of your videoed. May I ask if you do your own narration? Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos
I used to snore so back when I would go to jail I would have to force myself to stay awake at nighttime and sleep during the day. That sucks because the day is beyond loud. I actually had 3 dudes walk up on me and rolled my stuff up and made me hit the button and move. Lol 😂
a few years ago a bright spark in peterborough decided to call his pub THE SPIKE a Londoner told him what it meant , he then called it the hungry horse.
My dad’s father grew up in the garment district of London in the 1880s (Spitalfield). I wonder what their life was like. I am sure that my life is a lot easier.
Great channel! Sounds like the next step up from just being homeless. Our world today, with the overcrowding and financial woes, seems to be on a track to this very existence. I used to refer to my Victorian era row house as "me old doss house" but a place of my own is far above these conditions. Since my best friend kicked me out of her life I started thinking of my house, without the laughter and smiles it once had, as "the orphan's tear". Waiting for the next video 😁
I remember, as a little girl my Mother and a neighbour talking of the “disgraceful” dosshouse in Birmingham City Centre. Of course, at the time I didn’t know what a dosshouse was - eventually being told (as you say) that it was a hotel for poor people. That particular dosshouse has apparently been given a new lease of life and is now a decent hotel where the accommodation is on a par with most other hotels.
I wonder if that doss house had its origins in the Victorian era. I imagine Birmingham, like London, would have had dozens of them at one time. Thank you for your comment.
In Glasgow they called doss houses “ models “ pronounced mod- elz There is still one on Duke st in the city centre Last time I drove up the street about 20 years ago it was still in use.
Dear Sir, how could people live like this? a little wonder people used to revert to prostitution as a way of living, I'm glad they pulled down these slum areas, crime must of been rife, I think even the Police were scared to go in, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
There were dangerous neighbourhoods the police rarely went into unaccompanied. You can see a police account of one such area in my video on the 'Fenian Barracks' in East London. Thank you for your comment.
I actually slept in a old style hostel many moons ago. Back was to the wall and had to suffer three night's that was forty year's ago. A experience, one for the great grand kid's 😉✌️
Large numbers of people would spend their days sleeping in parks and on verges instead of looking for work. The reason for this, for the most part, was not alcohol or apathy, but because they could never get any sleep at night as the police kept moving them on. Institutional stupidity a its very finest.
@@FactFeast Hi, It would be but I dont see it. Poverty was considered to be something that you somehow deserved and brought upon yourself and your situation was of your own making.
Now the police keep people moving on both day and night except in large US cities where they seem to have just given up due to the literal legions of homeless in them.
We still treat the poor the poverty and the elderly, those with mental issues or addictions like obstacles. No one on God's earth is better than anyone else..people can't help life's circumstances. One can hope love prevails..
and now in America we have slums of people sleeping on sidewalks....the world is soo evil...ohh and lets not forget the needles, poop and all the drugs laying on sidewalks.
@@kentimmins9171 Just blame the Democrats why don't ya... I don't see the Republicans coming up with any solutions except rounding up all the homeless into camps without services that are so out of the way no one will see or notice them
Every country rich or poor had this deprivation. The problem usually stems from overcrowding from people coming into the cities trying to make their fortune. You must remember this is a different time, no contraception, sanitation or decent medicines, no real cures for diseases…even inanimate wallpaper could kill you (if you could afford it) .Many philanthropists really tried to help the destitute and did succeed to a degree. Also you must remember as is the same today, do you see many very wealthy people helping the poor? No.
Every City still has it's Homeless people, That Fact Still Remains, in 2023, as Horrifying as it is. Cornish Woman Speaking from Ireland here. The Divide Still Remains.
I'm sure it was but no more than today because people today are weak and cowardly. You see in this time there were still real men and women moving about in the world. Unlike today where most people, especially in the west and in America are overgrown, ungrateful, overprivileged children regardless of age. That's why as good as we have it today currently depression, suicide, anxiety, Etc are at an all-time high. Especially with kids and teenagers. That's what happens when the overgrown children that I was speaking about go ahead and crap more children. We need licenses to fish, Hunt, Drive, but for some reason not to breed. Anything can hump and crap a kid. Sad.
What an interesting yet tragic video when we consider much of the world still lives in similar squalor. The viewers may be interested to know, the word 'hangover' finds it's origins in such places. A hangover was a communal pew with a communal rope hung in front. Unfortunate people would sleep 'hungover' the rope. Can you imagine the discomfort? Do a search and see for yourself what people have endured.
It's heartbreaking to learn how most people lived in such horrible situations in that era, in England. When Queen Victoria lived in the biggest palace in the world (Buckingham Palace ) and her entire royal family lived in luxuries.
Having gone through US Army boot camp (going on 22 years ago) I can understand the feeling of no privacy. However you rapidly get used to it and anywhere you can catch a few winks makes you an island of solitude as sleep is the grandest privacy of all. Funny how still to this day the younger men are 'hilarious' while the older men are sullen.
I’ve never had a bad hostel. I enjoy them although I can stay in a 5 Star hotel, I like hostels better because I meet lots of other nice, interesting people. I never would have thought of staying in a hostel when I was young, but I discovered them in my 60s. I won’t book unless I get a private room en suite though.
How are you doing sir happy new year thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel although it’s really painful memories especially for poor people at Victorian era but really deserves research as always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s first of all definition of dos house American English flophouse British doshouse . It’s place that offers very low cost lodging space providing space to sleep and minimal amenities it’s costs to stay four pence which why believed prostitution of east end charged ad much of their services . In whitechapel at late 19 th century there were 233 lodging houses also known as doshouses as many as 800 poor people would pay for room lodging house either one or two nights. It’s cheap rooming hotel . Till nowadays dos house survives in London institution doshouse which is redolent of days of Charles dickens. Difference between doshouse and lodge house both they are same thing communal house for working members of society to live in they were also sometimes called single women houses , working men home , four penny hotel . Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information improve our English language as well best wishes for you your family friends.
There were so many of these lodging houses in East London, and many of them were cheap because they were terrible. Thank you for your comment. Happy New Year!
We need to bring this back for the ones who can’t be assimilated into normal society. I’ve seen it first hand, some of these lowlives don’t deserve to be housed under normal conditions.
London and other towns, hasn't changed that much from those days. We still have far too many people living on the streets, begging and using food banks..poor NHS on its knees, when billions of £ being given ( poor management and wokery management) while the illegal visitors are given 3/4* hotels and lots of freebies.. we seem to be going backwards...
Similar in America. I'm disabled and yet still have to relinquish a large portion of my meager income for my rent, yet the illegal aliens across the road not only pay no rent, but have plenty of money for parties and expensive stuff for their kids, nice cars, etc. It's an insane world, the west today. 😩
@@17thcentury_girl just because you don't like a word doesn't change the truth or the definition. And why should he care about your "opinion"? Just saying.
I do historical research & read some time ago that people were so angry & sick about the way poor folks were treated at the time of the Ripper murders,their living conditions & their lack of help in a rich city like London,that things were actually done to make their lives better.Odd to think it took a murderer to highlight the down side of life for the homeless,job less, families in want,etc.
You act like this is not a reality still for many homeless people. That’s why, if they can, they choose tents under bridges. This problem hasn’t gone away.
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My mum use to shout at us when my friends would come round. " This isn't a bleeding doss house"
😂 that word is old Skool
Lol same
lol, yup
Same mate🇮🇪🍀🇬🇧
Same! 😂😂😂😂
Also bed bugs and lice must have been rampant in those places. Consumption. Man my OCD and germophobia is totally kicking in!
All those things …with an extra helping of rats!
@@FactFeast Aaaaaaahhhh!
Think of the crabs and scabies a person would get☹
Lmao!!😆
Lol Magnus.. you sound like my sister! She has to wash her hands if she just touches a $ bill!
when i see the lives of victorians i wonder how any of us are here today, yet again this channel just brings history to life, thank you good sir
Glad to bring life to stories of the past. Happy New Year! 🙂
Yes it’s a reminder that many of us stand on the shoulders of survivors…
The penny sit-up was one of the first homeless shelters, created for the people of Blackfriars, in central London, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was operated by the Salvation Army to provide comfort and support to its destitute clients. What made this shelter unique was that in exchange for a penny, clients would be allowed to sit on a bench in a reasonably warm room all night. They were not allowed to lie down and sleep on the bench. A penny sit-up was the cheapest homeless shelter at that time
I have a video on my channel about a stay in a penny sit-up should you be interested. Thank you for your comment.
A very interesting and sad account of the poor and their even poorer living conditions. These stories are all told about the areas in which I was brought up and even in the 1970's these areas were full of impoverished and homeless people. Dock street at the lower end of Leman Street still has one of the doss houses I knew of but I guess it probably isn't a doss house now. This video reminded me of when my brother and I and our three sisters were forced to share a bed. Five of us crammed into a very small double. At least the bedding was clean, it was only temporary and the only thief was my brother stealing all the blanket :) Thanks again for another wonderful slice of the poor life of London.
Thanks for telling your story. I'm glad it had meaning and interest for you.
Vote reform
My mum, aunt and grandparents were in a poor house in Walworth in the fifties. The whole place stank of carbolic soap, mum still hates the smell even now.
living in squats in brighton 1985, sometimes the only place to stay was the night shelter in a church near bedford square 20 blokes sleeping on the floor ,most of them stinking or drugged up, things havent changed much in 150 yrs
Hiya Jason, Absolutely, its good on this channel you get to see what it was like during the 19th into the 20th centuries
How horrible to live like that! And I complained for sharing a bed and a bedroom with my older brother till we were 7 and 8 years old.
Back in the day poverty was much worse than today, at least in America.
They were tough times for most people. Thanks for your comment.
Consider that, today, the poor in America (and other Western countries) suffer from an obesity epidemic, as opposed to scraping up pennies for bread and tea, and you can appreciate how fortunate we are to live in 2023, as opposed to 1893.
These terrible lives need more exposure on main stream media . I don't think I have ever seen any decent documentaries about these poor souls and dramas about that era are very sanitised. It's a great channel - thanks ✌️
Thank you! I’m glad to tell these stories of real lives.
@@FactFeast I grew up working-class in England in the 1960's . We were relatively poor . Plenty of people I knew still had outside toilets and tin baths in the scullery counted as bathrooms . However , we lived like kings and queens compared to these poor wretches whose experiences should never be forgotten.
I learnt about this in history. Don’t they teach this history now?
Read Charles Dickens
The joys of Esau kingdom
Jack London had courage and dedication. An impressive amount of each.
Love your channel, and soothing voice that really paints a picture in my head. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I pop your channel on, not because it’s boring but because of your soothing voice and you have a talent for storytelling 🤩
It's nice to know it helps, thank you. You probably know this, but I have playlists you can use for long listening. Happy New Year!
100% agree!
Im the same! Helps me wind down for sleep :)
I do the exact same thing
absolutely, your research is very , very much appreciated.
All the very best .
God, this narration and story are always so good. Could you imagine a time where maybe it was OK to be caught just scratching your pubes? "Ah yeah, sorry, doss house crabs. You know how it is!" What misery!
LOL my first wife gave me crabs twice😮😮😮😮
awwww geez@@michaelwilson8713
yeah, reading Jack London's "The People of the Abyss" is harrowing, I'll never forget my first experience reading that, awesome vid as always! Happy New year also!
You can find several servings from Jack London on the channel. Thank you for your comment.
I think we can all understand far better the origins of the expression "dirt cheap" after listening to this account. Happy New Year. Very best wishes. Wishing you more success and many more subscribers.
Thank you for your wishes John and a Happy New Year to you too!
Another Sunday treat. I absolutely love this channel
Super! Thank you so much for being a regular viewer. Happy New Year.
To the narrator, why am I waiting for you to break and say your a mean one Mr. Grinch, or Luke I am your Father!😞🤔😳😂 Love the voice
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Thanks for the vid! Im going through tough times and I look forward to your uploads.
I'm very sorry to hear that Dead2RitesCrosshairs. I can only wish for you better times for this new year. Best wishes to you and I truly thank you for watching and commenting on my videos. It means a lot.
I can’t imagine the stench, bugs and the filth of these places. I guess here in the US, on the east coast there something similar. Horrible that people had to live like this.
Not really. Even modern homeless shelters are nicer than what these people had to endure nightly.
A doss house sounds like a city shelter. During the winter, if there are no beds, you can sit in a chair for the night, if they don't turn you away. You better sleep with everything you carried with you, or else you'll be leaving a few items lighter. Men and women are all crammed together, hacking, coughing, stinking and snoring. As soon as the sun comes up, back outside you go. Most prefer to sleep outside when it's warm.
Yes that what some shelters are like
We'll be back to that here soon gen x and z are all trying to find roommates you typically find a house or apartment with 5-7 people anymore... nobody can afford the $800-$1000 rent and housing market sucks inflation and then some... we're going backwards 🙏
Thank the idiots who voted Joe Biden and the Democrats into office.
My grandfather was from Liverpool he came to visit me at my house. He asked me if I was running a doss house. Now I know what he ment
It’s interesting how the notorious reputation of doss houses lived long in our language.
I have watched this channel ever since the very first episode and I love this channel!
That's amazing Moon Dancer! A Happy New Year to you and thank you so much.
@@FactFeast Happy New Year! And thank you for the wonderful content!
Very interesting channel. I look forward to perusing many more of your videoed. May I ask if you do your own narration? Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos
Welcome to the channel! I hope you find the history good to watch. We have a narrator. Thank you for your comment.
My favourite bedtime channel.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the time and effort that you invest in these videos. 🙏🏾
I’m very glad you enjoy them Puma Lyn. Thank you for your support!
Enigmatic and lively narration, brings the images to life 😄
It's great you think they provide the right atmosphere! We aim to bring life to the past.
It's a robot, isn't it?
I used to snore so back when I would go to jail I would have to force myself to stay awake at nighttime and sleep during the day. That sucks because the day is beyond loud. I actually had 3 dudes walk up on me and rolled my stuff up and made me hit the button and move. Lol 😂
Great video!! So glad I don't live in the bad old days - wish we all could live in Chillingbourne.
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for writing!
Love this channel ☘️
Fantastic! Happy New Year.
@@FactFeast hope you have a wonderful 2023 and more find your channel ☘️
He sd "4 the sheets have prob seen more ppl in a week than u have" 😆 i luv this narrator
It's very cold here (Canada). I passed by people sleeping over sidewalk steam gratings yesterday. Many homeless die and we never hear about it.
a few years ago a bright spark in peterborough decided to call his pub THE SPIKE a Londoner told him what it meant , he then called it the hungry horse.
I think I’d need a drink after being in The Spike!
😆😆😆 They had bars with names like that in Manhattan in the 1970s. Needless to say they were dive bars for men.
My dad’s father grew up in the garment district of London in the 1880s (Spitalfield). I wonder what their life was like. I am sure that my life is a lot easier.
I imagine it was a life with long hours of hard grafting. Tough times! Thanks for writing.
Great channel! Sounds like the next step up from just being homeless. Our world today, with the overcrowding and financial woes, seems to be on a track to this very existence. I used to refer to my Victorian era row house as "me old doss house" but a place of my own is far above these conditions. Since my best friend kicked me out of her life I started thinking of my house, without the laughter and smiles it once had, as "the orphan's tear". Waiting for the next video 😁
Thank you! I’m glad you find the history interesting. Best wishes for 2023.
ktm42080: I hope the New Year brings you a happier life & home of your own.Peace.
That was yucky.ill admit I was in Philippines in 1990 and and it was like this.
Happy New Year! All the Best for 2023!
Happy New Year EekBeats Official! Thank you.
Fantastic, interesting and educational. Thank you
I'm happy you found good value in watching. Thanks for writing!
I thank God everyday that I was born and raised in the last 30 years!
9:40 At the very least, that is one thing that every human being deserves to have. A place to themselves.
Probably just an unlikely dream for these poor souls.
Not if you're a communist.
That is the right of every living,breathing creature,not just humans.
@@susanmccormick6022 many animals don't like to be alone! The last thing some animals would want is to be alone.
And to be free, abundant and happy..
It’s incredibly sad
Some of these I can’t watch as it’s too painful
How can this be like this
Because people don't care...rich people especially
It’s history, get over it
Ah, the Good Old Days...
This is a good lesson in the dangers of false nostalgia for what was a miserable existence for so many.
Another excellent vid, A very merry new year FF and all my wishes for a great 2023 👍😜
Happy New Year chalky 72! Thank you.
@@FactFeast you should do a video about what it was like to live in Roman-britannia
I remember, as a little girl my Mother and a neighbour talking of the “disgraceful” dosshouse in Birmingham City Centre.
Of course, at the time I didn’t know what a dosshouse was - eventually being told (as you say) that it was a hotel for poor people. That particular dosshouse has apparently been given a new lease of life and is now a decent hotel where the accommodation is on a par with most other hotels.
I wonder if that doss house had its origins in the Victorian era. I imagine Birmingham, like London, would have had dozens of them at one time. Thank you for your comment.
In Glasgow they called doss houses “ models “ pronounced mod- elz
There is still one on Duke st in the city centre
Last time I drove up the street about 20 years ago it was still in use.
Wonderful narration.....Thank you.
You’re welcome! Thank you for your comment.
Always interesting
Thank you
Peace 💕🇺🇲
My pleasure! It's nice to know you find the history compelling. Happy New Year.
That was luxury in comparison to the hangovers and coffin boxes
Very educational video. Thanks.
Great to know you found the history of value!
Dear Sir, how could people live like this? a little wonder people used to revert to prostitution as a way of living, I'm glad they pulled down these slum areas, crime must of been rife, I think even the Police were scared to go in, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
There were dangerous neighbourhoods the police rarely went into unaccompanied. You can see a police account of one such area in my video on the 'Fenian Barracks' in East London. Thank you for your comment.
@@FactFeast I'll look at the finian barracks vlog later
Excellent work. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for writing.
I clicked on this thinking it was one of those ambient relaxation videos
I don’t think you’d want to experience the ambience in one of these doss houses …smell or noise!
It is
@FactFeast 😂
I actually slept in a old style hostel many moons ago. Back was to the wall and had to suffer three night's that was forty year's ago. A experience, one for the great grand kid's 😉✌️
Wow, were you crammed in like sardines too?
Large numbers of people would spend their days sleeping in parks and on verges instead of looking for work.
The reason for this, for the most part, was not alcohol or apathy, but because they could never get any sleep at night as the police kept moving them on.
Institutional stupidity a its very finest.
I have a video on my channel named ‘Victorian Law to Punish the Poor’ about this, should it be of interest to you.
@@FactFeast Hi, It would be but I dont see it.
Poverty was considered to be something that you somehow deserved and brought upon yourself and your situation was of your own making.
Here is the link: Victorian Law to Punish the Poor (Dickensian London)
th-cam.com/video/1Xd4f_uO7_s/w-d-xo.html
Now the police keep people moving on both day and night except in large US cities where they seem to have just given up due to the literal legions of homeless in them.
Happy New Year FF!🍾🥂🎉
🎉 Happy New Year Lana and thank you very much too!
@@FactFeast 😊
Love everything to do with history.
Fantastic! The past is so interesting.
No wonder so many people died in fires. Imagine a fire downstairs. Whooosssh! Like a tinderbox!!
Love this channel 😊
Thank you so much! I’m happy to know you find the history so interesting.
Awesome video 👍
Kind of you to say! Glad you found it worthwhile.
Ewe I can only imagine how much lice there was too 🤢🤢
Crawling with them no doubt in some of the ‘low’ lodging houses - and rats!
That's what it's going back to 😵
We still treat the poor the poverty and the elderly, those with mental issues or addictions like obstacles.
No one on God's earth is better than anyone else..people can't help life's circumstances. One can hope love prevails..
Agreed!
This seems like paradise compared to Indian high school boarding rooms
Thank you!
You're welcome! Good to know you enjoyed.
Phew great program and one that should make all. Of us think
Thanks Very Interesting Video From Blue
You're very welcome and happy new year!
and now in America we have slums of people sleeping on sidewalks....the world is soo evil...ohh and lets not forget the needles, poop and all the drugs laying on sidewalks.
That's your Democrats...don't forget to leave your southern border open to all!!
@@kentimmins9171 Just blame the Democrats why don't ya... I don't see the Republicans coming up with any solutions except rounding up all the homeless into camps without services that are so out of the way no one will see or notice them
It's an utter disgrace that a very wealthy nation should tolerate such deprivation and call itself civilised.
Every country rich or poor had this deprivation. The problem usually stems from overcrowding from people coming into the cities trying to make their fortune. You must remember this is a different time, no contraception, sanitation or decent medicines, no real cures for diseases…even inanimate wallpaper could kill you (if you could afford it) .Many philanthropists really tried to help the destitute and did succeed to a degree. Also you must remember as is the same today, do you see many very wealthy people helping the poor? No.
Every City still has it's Homeless people, That Fact Still Remains, in 2023, as Horrifying as it is. Cornish Woman Speaking from Ireland here. The Divide Still Remains.
London Is not far of like this now 🤣😂🤣
Noisy crowded and filth ! 🤯🤯🤯🤯
“Stench and noise…” indeed. No mention, however, of the bedbugs, lice and fleas, the pauper’s constant companions.
Godbless our wonderful country who we fight and die for
Thanks!
You’re very welcome 🙂
Depression must have been rampant back then...
I'm sure it was but no more than today because people today are weak and cowardly. You see in this time there were still real men and women moving about in the world. Unlike today where most people, especially in the west and in America are overgrown, ungrateful, overprivileged children regardless of age. That's why as good as we have it today currently depression, suicide, anxiety, Etc are at an all-time high. Especially with kids and teenagers. That's what happens when the overgrown children that I was speaking about go ahead and crap more children. We need licenses to fish, Hunt, Drive, but for some reason not to breed. Anything can hump and crap a kid. Sad.
What an interesting yet tragic video when we consider much of the world still lives in similar squalor.
The viewers may be interested to know, the word 'hangover' finds it's origins in such places.
A hangover was a communal pew with a communal rope hung in front. Unfortunate people would sleep 'hungover' the rope. Can you imagine the discomfort?
Do a search and see for yourself what people have endured.
I have a video about it on my channel if you're interested - 'Penny Sit-ups.' Thank you for your comment.
It's heartbreaking to learn how most people lived in such horrible situations in that era, in England. When Queen Victoria lived in the biggest palace in the world (Buckingham Palace ) and her entire royal family lived in luxuries.
Brilliant.
Glad you enjoyed the documentary!
People are living like this right now in this world all over. Here in the states it happens
What about woman's dose houses don't really hear of them so much
Good shout! I know about them and hope to have a look in future. Thank you for your comment.
You don’t need to buy a cow in todays society the milk is free
Yes. Mr. London description is severe. Hopefully we will never go back 2 this again.
I like this... 👍
That’s great! Thanks for writing 🙂
"Degrading and Unwholesome." So it's like my own bedroom then?
excellent video
Thank you so much!
Having gone through US Army boot camp (going on 22 years ago) I can understand the feeling of no privacy. However you rapidly get used to it and anywhere you can catch a few winks makes you an island of solitude as sleep is the grandest privacy of all. Funny how still to this day the younger men are 'hilarious' while the older men are sullen.
Good energetic commentary.
Didn’t realise Donald trump was that old but there he is left side at 1:10 😂
Over the Top narration!
I would love to know if any antique pieces still exist from the old lodging houses, such as beds, tables, chairs or even buckets. etc.
I’ve never had a bad hostel. I enjoy them although I can stay in a 5 Star hotel, I like hostels better because I meet lots of other nice, interesting people. I never would have thought of staying in a hostel when I was young, but I discovered them in my 60s. I won’t book unless I get a private room en suite though.
And that old tyrant Victoria and the obscene class system continue to be romanticised....the Victorian society was sickening.
How are you doing sir happy new year thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel although it’s really painful memories especially for poor people at Victorian era but really deserves research as always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s first of all definition of dos house American English flophouse British doshouse . It’s place that offers very low cost lodging space providing space to sleep and minimal amenities it’s costs to stay four pence which why believed prostitution of east end charged ad much of their services . In whitechapel at late 19 th century there were 233 lodging houses also known as doshouses as many as 800 poor people would pay for room lodging house either one or two nights. It’s cheap rooming hotel . Till nowadays dos house survives in London institution doshouse which is redolent of days of Charles dickens. Difference between doshouse and lodge house both they are same thing communal house for working members of society to live in they were also sometimes called single women houses , working men home , four penny hotel . Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information improve our English language as well best wishes for you your family friends.
There were so many of these lodging houses in East London, and many of them were cheap because they were terrible. Thank you for your comment. Happy New Year!
Ok,I'm complete grossed out😜
It’s a wonder how the human race has survived.
Sort of vision of poverty liz truss would have strived for.
We need to bring this back for the ones who can’t be assimilated into normal society. I’ve seen it first hand, some of these lowlives don’t deserve to be housed under normal conditions.
Research and an educated guess leads me to believe one of my ancestors owned one of these
Lack of Wage Regulation caused it All....!!!
London and other towns, hasn't changed that much from those days. We still have far too many people living on the streets, begging and using food banks..poor NHS on its knees, when billions of £ being given ( poor management and wokery management) while the illegal visitors are given 3/4* hotels and lots of freebies.. we seem to be going backwards...
Similar in America. I'm disabled and yet still have to relinquish a large portion of my meager income for my rent, yet the illegal aliens across the road not only pay no rent, but have plenty of money for parties and expensive stuff for their kids, nice cars, etc. It's an insane world, the west today. 😩
@@barbieblues7639 I would be fine with your comment but aliens is not it. It's okay to feel angry towards them but don't say call other aliens.
I thought that just happened i the U. S.
Spot on.
@@17thcentury_girl just because you don't like a word doesn't change the truth or the definition. And why should he care about your "opinion"? Just saying.
This sounds like Los Angeles California and in every American city in 2023
What I would like to know is, How did London rise from this into better living conditions? Can someone please make a video about it?
I do historical research & read some time ago that people were so angry & sick about the way poor folks were treated at the time of the Ripper murders,their living conditions & their lack of help in a rich city like London,that things were actually done to make their lives better.Odd to think it took a murderer to highlight the down side of life for the homeless,job less, families in want,etc.
Slavery
I forget his name, but a photographer’s pictures of the conditions these people lived in led to changes.
@@susanpage8315 Jacob Riis
You act like this is not a reality still for many homeless people. That’s why, if they can, they choose tents under bridges. This problem hasn’t gone away.
Too many people in an economic arena that was virtually closed. This miserable overpopulation was the fodder for the evils of war and colonization.
It was SO overkrauted there. Just like Kansas. 🎉
Refreshing. No comments on how good it was in the good ole days.