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The significance of the Victorian era and their impact on the way we operate in modern day society cannot be measured. It was an important era for us all. The Victorians impact on how we celebrate Christmas is fascinating to say the least. No era influenced the way we celebrate Christmas as the Victorian era did.

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Coal mines

Laundry for pay

Chimney Sweep

Sweated Trades

Factory Worker

Matchmaking

Scare the birds from the fields

Pottery Making

Farm Worker

Textile Mill

Ship Yard

Pick Pocket

Seller in the Streets

Rail station

Domestic Servant

Hat Making

Rat Catcher

Prostitution

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Schools were not free until 1891. Up until then children had to pay to go to school.

Queen Victoria's reign brought many improvements to the education of children, especially for the poor children. In early Victorian England, most children never went to school at all and grew up unable to read or write. Instead they were sent out to work to earn money for their families. Only the upper and middle class children went to school.

Rich Children

Children from rich families were taught at home by a governess until they were 10 years old. Once a boy turned ten, he went away to Public schools like Eton or Harrow. There were very few schools available for girls, however, until near the end of the Victorian ti

hich were run by churches. There they learnt bible stories and were taught to read a little.Poor children went to free charity schools or 'Dame' schools (so called because they were run by women) for young children. They also went to Sunday Schools which were run by churches. There they learnt bible stories and were taught to read a little.

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The poor Victorian Children lived in muchsmalller accommodations than the rich children did. The poor did not live in houses sinhce property was next to impossible to acquire and the rich were the only ones who could afford to buy it. The wealthy Victorian Children and their families lived a much more elegant and privileged life than the poor families lived. Wealthy families lived in large Victorian houses three and sometimes four stories high with several rooms.

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Victorian food and what was eaten varied hugely at the time between the rich and the poor and this was the same for children too. Rich children ate extremely well whereas as a generalisation the poor had limited choices and availability.

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In a Victorian town, it was easy to tell who was rich and who was poor. Children from richer homes were well fed, wore warm clothes and had shoes on their feet.Poor children looked thin and hungry, wore ragged clothes, and some had no shoes.