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Children in Victorian Britain Children at work…At the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign, poor children as young as five worked for a living
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Children in Victorian Britain Children at work... At the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign, poor children as young as five worked for a living. Children did various kinds of jobs. Many of the jobs they did were unpleasant and dangerous. Some children worked in coal mines pushing trucks of coal to the surface. Other opened and shut doors to allow air to circulate through the tunnels They worked in the dark with only the light f a candle to help them see. Other children worked in factories. They had jobs like piecers in cotton mills and would spend the day repairing broken threads. Most factories and mine owners did not think anything was wrong with giving nasty jobs to children. They were made to work long hours with very little pay and there were no laws to protect them as there are today. Children in country also worked. They did jobs like picking up stones...
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