Year 10 GCSE Coursework Essay – The Black Country
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GCSE Coursework Essay - The Black Country In these pages I will explain about the living and working conditions of the Black Country in the late 19th Century. I will also explain: - The mine - Housing - Employment - How disease struck the population. I have considered the sources I have found before writing this essay. During my trip at the Black Country Museum I have learned a lot of things. The employment, housing, the school and mine, the way of transport and the shops. There were many types of employment and the main one was the manual labour. One of these was working in the mine. A very dangerous job indeed but no-one was concerned because the employers need labour not scholarship and people needed money for food and in those days if you do not work, you don't eat. Disease was rife in the mine and the coal dust does not help either. Too much...

