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Passion for the Past: Ragged Victorians - "The Great Unwashed" 1800s Fashion Poor, Poor Clothes, Victorian Peasant, Medieval Peasant, John Bell, Class Outfit, Victorian Aesthetic, Victorian London, Source Of Income

Back in the day when a shilling was a weeks wages, when even the 'Pure' (Dogs Dung) was a valuable source of income, poor Victorian 'street' people were living by whatever means they could. No homes, no income and no benefit system for support. Thieving, cheating, prostitution and even child selling, were sometimes the only options these unfortunate souls had. Working the most degrading jobs in the world, in the drains, the sewers, cesspits and mortuaries for little or scant reward. ~from…

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