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'Was that really a Golden Age?'  

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'Was that really a Golden Age?' In 1901 Queen Victoria passed away after a successful number of years on the throne. Her son, Edward VII shortly took over her reign. During the 60 years of his life that had already past, his life had been considerably different to his mothers. After Queen Victoria's 64 successful but serious years of reign Edward became instantly popular with all of the country. He held banquets for the poor which cost an extravagant £30,000 - something the poor lower class of England had never experienced. The rich still lived exuberantly in great comfort and luxury. Many were so wealthy that they had no need to work at all. In these years many people in the upper class grew up with servants fulfilling their every need. By 1913 the amount that local councils spent on children's education had risen from £10 million to over £30 million,...

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