The Way Life Used To Be/ Describing Past

Life in the nineteenth century was a lot harder than it is today. Many children had to work and did not go to school at all. Rich people had a lot of servants who worked long hours for very little money. Work in the factories was more difficult then because people often did the jobs that machines do today. If you click on this link, you'll find some interesting information to read, some pictures to look at and some short videos to watch.
                                                      BBC History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/victorian_children_at_work/  



This picture was published in 1842. You can see a girl carrying a heavy load of coal on her back.