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Web-links for Victorian Children in the Workforce

Web-links.

Children Working in the Victorian Era

Coal Mines:

Mines during the Victorian era: Why did we send children down the mines and what types of jobs did children down mines do? - Fun Kids - the UK's children's radio station (funkidslive.com)

Worst jobs during the Victorian Era: Why did we used to have chimney sweeps? - Fun Kids - the UK's children's radio station (funkidslive.com)

Children working in coal mines - KS2 History - BBC Bitesize

Working conditions in mines - Industry — textile factories and coal mines - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize

The Trapper - BBC Teach

Textile Mills & Factories:

Factory workers in the Victorian era: Why did children work in factories in the Victorian era? What was the job of a Piecer? - Fun Kids - the UK's children's radio station (funkidslive.com)

Children working in textile mills - KS2 History - BBC Bitesize

Working conditions in factories - Industry — textile factories and coal mines - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize

Victorian Children in Factories (victorian-era.org)

Domestic Servants:

Child servants during the Victorian era: What jobs did children do around the house in the Victorian times? - Fun Kids - the UK's children's radio station (funkidslive.com)

BBC Two - Primary History, Children in Victorian Britain: Children at Work, Children as domestic servants

Working in service - BBC Teach

The Servants of a Victorian Household (simplehistory.co.uk)

The Life of Domestic Servants in Victorian England (thegreatcoursesdaily.com)

Chimney Sweeps:

Worst jobs during the Victorian Era: Why did we used to have chimney sweeps? - Fun Kids - the UK's children's radio station (funkidslive.com)

Chimney-sweeps - BBC Teach

Chimney Sweepers of the Victorian Era (victorian-era.org)

Children as Chimney Sweeps in England – A Terrible Chapter in History (mychimney.com)

Chimney sweep - Wikipedia

 

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