'Pure Finder' (Worst Jobs in Victorian England)
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- There was nothing 'pure' about this Victorian job! This was even worse than the ‘Bone Grubber’ with street collectors taking waste from the streets. The pure finder's job was as dreadful in reality as it sounds, involving an extreme form of recycling. You will learn, in detail, about the desperate conditions of those who found themselves trapped in this form of ‘work’ in order to earn money to feed themselves.
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I love your channel! Especially all of the detailed videos about the Victorian era! 🥰
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Idunno what I thought a “pure finder” was, but it certainly wasn’t this. 😔
When these people said that their job stinks,they really meant it.
It's not wretchedness, it's the gig economy
There were truly some WEIRD horrible jobs in Victorian England. I can only imagine how truly difficult life was for those forced to succumb to those circumstances
That's Tony Robinson going to have to do another episode of histories worst jobs😂
At least they was opportunities to make money from every single thing around you.
@@StevieZero there still are
There still are weird horrible jobs, many are just unwilling to do them or are unaware they exist because they live with a measure of privilege.
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Histories Worser Jobs..
😮 😢 😊
I can’t imagine the way Victorian London smelled nor do I want to. Everything was just constantly dirty and smelly
Kinda like San Francisco here in the US now....
I adore your videos, and your voice! I remember the pre-internet days when it was much harder to find real life information about the Victorians! Thank you so much!
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@@FactFeast this is my new fave channel
Welcome!
Your output is consistently top-notch. Rarely can one find a better feel for the time, place and lot of those therein. Thank you.
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So sad that a lot of the people that tell their stories of being in the lowest levels of poverty were in way better positions some years before. Looks like back in that day in London [and other big cities] if you fell one time was nearly impossible to go back on your feet.
Like swathes of the 3rd world in 2021. If you don't/can't work you starve.
@@phillipecook3227 if you won't work you just go to Europe or the US and suck dry the welfare states.
Your narration is one of the few I've seen which is so clear that even the auto-generated subtitles get 99% of it right. You've a great voice for this!
This videos have introduced me to a new author (Mayhew) whose books I MUST buy!!
As a child, I was the "pure finder" for 2 pure bred German Shepherds, and, then, 2 pure bred Doberman Pinchers. It was a very, very disgusting "job," but I had no other choice.
I feel so terrible that people, during that period of time, were forced to perform any job that they could in order to feed themselves and/or their families. I know that my great-gram used to use her dogs "droppings" for her little garden. She'd say that it was cheaper than buying fertilizer from the store.
Were you cleaning up after the dogs or did you have to collect it for some other reason?
Oh No! Your grandmother was making a risky mistake! Dog droppings contaminate the soil with pathogens that plants take up and can make humans very sick. Tape worms, pin worms, not to mention salmonella and other nasty bugs.
Toni, you bear a suspicious resemblance to Marilyn Monroe ❤
Only today I have passed upon this channel and how I am so hooked. Brilliant series.
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Still watching. Very well composed. Love it.
my ancestors came from the Bermondsey tanning business, they went to Australia and ran a tannery in Sydney. I am glad they found a better life for their families, most children did not survive to adulthood in the harsh conditions in London
was it by transportation they went to australia?
@@deanjulian6189not everyone who emigrated to AUS or NZ was forced to go because of criminal convictions. Once regular people started moving there, a bunch of both marginalized and wealthy people from the commonwealth immigrated there. Some just seeking better accommodations and a chance at an actual life, some seeking gross opportunities to set up plantations.
I worked as a “pure finder” for the entire lifespan of my Rottweiler.
Me too bud. 15 awesome years.
Same 2 cats
Looked after two rottweilers lmao
A pure finder could make a lot of money by visiting my backyard right about now. Also, dog poop isn’t near as gross or as diseased as human poop. And yes, I’m a healthcare professional and dog owner so qualified to say which poop is grosser.😜😅😅
But you all did that, out of pure love👍👁️☠️👁️💓🇬🇧
Your use of primary sources is brilliant, sir. Thank you!
You’re welcome. It’s great that you like the history!
Your videos are always informative. The best parts for me is hearing the "voices" from the past. It makes it more personal. Thank you 4 your work.
I’m very glad they appeal to you. Thank you!
Such a shame this isn't a thing anymore. I could retire off of the "pure goldmine" that is my back garden! Obviously good that people no longer need to resort to this type of work to get by though! Great content, please keep up the high standard.
Victorian era jobs are full of foul surprises! Thank you for watching and your comment. I'm glad you enjoy the content.
Ah the good old days. Where you could earn a living collecting dog dirt.
Great video , keep em coming, please
Thank you! Another ‘worst Victorian jobs’ video coming soon.
I noticed he talks about the practice that the extremely poor would engage upon when they would find a crust, upon which they would subsist. That they would seep it in boiling water... ironically enough, if they had developed this practice based upon experience, that would be the most guaranteed to protect them from Catching something-or-other. But then, elsewhere he remarks on how they used boiled crusts as a form of tea, when they did not have enough money to purchase tea.
I used to read those African Explorer type books. One that had some really hilarious stories in it was called Africa speaks. The man went across African entire Expedition, from west to east. They filmed the entire way. He remarked that he never drank water. He always drank tea, brought to a rolling boil. That was the only way he could be sure that the water he was drinking was not going to make him sick.
Tea from boiled crusts .. tough times indeed
The dogs should have organised, and cut out the middlemen.
Imagine the heaving stench of the tanneries alone, especially in the summer? But harvesting the vile of faeces of dogs is enough to challenge a person's gag control. I doubt these poor people even had the opportunity of keeping themselves clean and untainted by this horrendous work.
Great video and I love the pictures you found.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the presentation.
Ironically, the one 'escape' for the poor ie alcohol, was usually the one thing that kept them trapped in their unfortunate station in life.
You do such a great job with narration, I felt like I could’ve been sitting next to that poor old woman who lost two husbands and survived all eight of her children.
I remember seeing the word "pure" being used in this context on some sort of British tv show many years ago. I never saw the word "pure" being used like that ever again until today.
As a true Londoner, I appreciate your ‘Victorian sounding accent’ you’ve put on. It reminds me of whenever a non English person tries to sound like a Londoner and they end up sounding like Oliver Twist 😂
I hope you enjoyed watching anyway. Thanks for leaving a comment.
@@FactFeast your videos are exceptional. Thank you ☺️
That's how English people sound
It is standard correct non-posh British English.
love this video!!!! i’m obsessed with your channel and how informational you are with all your videos. thank you!!!!
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Sir Richard Burton , gathered sheep dung and sold it for heating fuel at six years old. He was given old newspapers by people to wrap it in .
I so look forward to seeing your new videos on Sunday's!!❤❤
Thank you! I’m working on the next one.
This is truly the most vile profession I’ve heard of in Victorian England. I’m going to have to watch it in two parts. I can’t take it all in one go.
Working in the tannery probably wasn't a walk in the park but at least it was more profitable than turd collector lol.
AMAZING CHANNEL, I LOVE THIS KIND OF HISTORY
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When I first saw the time on the video, I thought it was a little long, but it was a great watch. Thanks for your hard work!!
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Love this channel Interesting and informative
That’s great to know. Thank you!
I am LOVING Mr. Narrator's voice, and having PBS flashbacks from my childhood. The perfect mixture of Entertainment and PTSD Flashbacks!
Amazing to see just how horrid the living conditions were for the poor in those times. No wonder so many fled to America.
I'll never complain about my job again.
This is my favorite channel ever ❤
Fantastic! Thank you so much.
Putting ”Pecunia non olet” to the test.
The lenghts we go to, to live in this dear city of ours…
The more i see of this hell hole,i now realize been Transported to Port Arthur was a working holiday compared living here!
Great Channel, I hope you continue to succeed and create more content.
That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you! Lots of content planned for the future.
Imagine being able to afford having a wife from only collecting dog pooh
I Love Your way of giving us information
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I’m imagining a pure finder eyeing up a dog circling around on a grass verge ready to drop its load…thinking “kerching…thar she blows”
Thankyou for this video. Isn't life a strange affair. See you next sunday .
Strange and unimaginable sometimes. Thanks for your support!
Dad capitalism! !
10:45 unexpected Monty Python interlude.
Wonderful narration of some incredibly long sentences! (I love English grammar!)
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Your channel is extremely good.. fine job. Thank you so much !
We learn a lot.
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In Italy...they still use pidgen droppings. Makes the finest leather
God tier narration as always Boss
I found your channel a few weeks ago. This is great stuff. What a horrible way to make a living.
I’m glad you found the channel and are enjoying the content. Thank you!
I know we have poverty in the UK today but we fool ourselves if we think we have a difficult life unlike the poor of the 19th century.
See the series “Skint” and such
Yes this was noted by that Karl guy too
I can't even imagine this and I have a really good imagination...
I bet the finders had long fingernails, " Well ! You wouldn't bite them would you " lol . Good vlog : )
They wondered why they died by their masses lol. Absolutely gut churning stuff but great video non the less. I would like to think that this practice is no longer carried out in the tanning profession.
The old Women voice made me PMSL.
Fantastic that you enjoy the character voices!
@@FactFeast it reminded me of a BlackAdder sketch, it was absolutely brilliant and I really enjoyed them all immensely. Hats off to you Sir an overall great series of videos.
Im so glad I live in this era!
5 days ago in 2021? Looks like you're a little late to live in Victorian England. By about 140 years! LoL!🙂
You remind me of The Storyteller! i love it.
From the picture I am guessing their job is the find pure dog breeds. Boy was I wrong.
Makes you appreciate what you have, eh....
No, makes you want TO REVOLUTION!
Wonder if back in then days people in China complained about stuff made in the UK and their sweat shops 😂😂😂
Until they found those Cobblers notes when they had essential work to do 😮❤
Enjoy your history findings on how we lived..We have a long street in North Shields Tyne+Wear called Tanners Bank leading to Fish Quay where there were Tanners Premises..Human urine was also for tanning of leather..That's where we get the saying "piss poor"as it was certainly desperate people that went there to sell what was urinated by families through night..Thank you for your content😊
Heard it all, counterfeit dog crap 😂😂😂
Thanks for these videos!
My pleasure!
Recycle and reuse. People didn’t waste a thing then
Pure? 🤢
I have worked professionally with dogs for decades, and I promise that 'pure' is not a word that can be applied to dog poop.
When imitating voices of the characters, you somehow sound like Silver from Treasure planet.
What about the night soil man? I’d like to see a video on that!
It's one for the future! Thanks for the suggestion.
Is that the guy who cleans out human waste?
Damn, I just rubbed my denim jacket in dog pure, and I had to throw it out. Bettering clothes by rubbing pure on it is FAKE news, god Damn. I Got scammed!
Thank you 💟 !!
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When the old woman was speaking and said 'I couldn't eat a morsel'.....At first I thought that she was talking about eating 'pure' LOL. Thankfully, I THINK I was wrong, and she was actually speaking about food! (I hope!).
I've watched all these. "Collecting the pure" is the bottom of the barrel. Period
I'll like it and share it only because your voice is cool.
I appreciate your support!
I love your videos. The recounts make visuals uncessary because you paint pictures in people's heads.
I’m glad you enjoy the narration! Thank you.
OMG really !!! No thanks I'm good. Philadelphia USA
Strange but true! It must be one of the worst jobs.
Is that a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever in the start image? :)
Thank you for another fine entry in the documentation on the endless war on poverty, a conflict so many of us are still surviving.
Thank you for your comment.
THANKS FOR UPLOAD, I KNEW IT WAS BAD IN THOSE DAYS, I BET DISEASE RAN RAPID
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I don’t quite get it. How did rubbing dog dung on a hide make the leather better? And why was dog dung better for this than the many other kinds of manure that must have been available in Victorian London (horse, ox, cat, poultry, human, rat, etc.)? Lastly, was there nothing less disgusting they could have substituted?
Apparently the best for getting that leather shine😬.
Carnivore dung is more alkaline. It could be there are enzymes that work on skin too.
@@lindatisue733 surely it's not just about it being alkaline surely. They knew about how to make lime and other alkalines. Why dog turds?
A man named Brown used to collect pure. Anyone?
Dystopian past
I wonder if Joe Biden could do this job?
🤣🤣🤣Doubtful!
No but I think we should make him. And his entire Administration
He'd spend too much time sniffing it
Job prospects with a Trump University degree.
Anyone who has a dog does this.
I'm a history major currently taking one class. So if you ever need help with the vids lmk!
I would rather have the job of collecting dog turds than the job of collecting human turds used for rhubarb fertilizer.
Where in Ireland are you from Fact Feast ? Somewhere in North Dublin ?
The narrator is.
@@FactFeast secrets revealed. Narrator and fact feast are not one in the same.
A couple of Great Danes could make you a wealthy man.
Absolutely disgusting, but I was warned.
So many poor old women just dumped.
He always sounds like he needs to clear his throat
The poor sods needed a Pure Guild eventually. But better still, they needed a revolution, and so do we, because the exact same depraved society exists to this today. Working class people! Don't delude yourself that your living conditions have improved since then, because you aren't a pure finder. You are in the same shit, being the same exploited in a reckless economy of immoral inequality. Rise up!
So what did they do with the 'pure find'? Is it dog poop?
That's what it is and it was sold to tanneries for use in leather making.
@@FactFeast thanks for the info 🙏
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As much as I adore my fur-children, what a terrible job!
Is this real or am I being flabbergasted?
It certainly is true!
Defo could do with this job today fed up of dog poo everywhere
Me too,it's disgusting!!
Pure= fecies. Poop. Yea. Damb. I been "finding" my dogs pure for 20 years lol.
People’s lives still are marginal and precarious. Most of us, anyway.
And now you know why all these Dog Walking Sevices exist ;-)
Whats to say that at times dogs so called pure could be distinguised from human excreatmentor am Imissing something?
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