Eras & Topics
This video covers: An introduction to Joseph William Bazalgette and the time in which he grew up.
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A description of the entertainment available during Victorian times including a visit to a music hall and the...
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This video covers: Emmeline Pankhurst's early life and some of the events that led her to be come a suffragette.
This video covers: Emmeline's marriage and early life in the Suffragist movement
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A description of the many sports available to the Victorians, in particular football and the formation of the...
This video covers: Bazalgette's life before beginning work on the London sewers.
This video covers: The inaugural meeting of the Women's Franchise League
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A description of a middle class family holiday at the seaside, booked through Cooks Travel Excursionist.
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This video covers: Bazalgette's appointment as Chief Engineer with the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers and the beginning of the...
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A description of the new poor laws introduced in 1834 together with an overview of the conditions in a workhouse.
This video covers: The opposition Bazalgette faced in getting started with the project and the great stink.
This video covers: Emmeline becoming friends with Keir Hardie and joining the Independent Labour Party
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A description of the terrible scandal where inmates were forced to pick meat off bones meant for fertiliser...
This video covers: The work on the sewers, one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken at the time.
This video covers: Emmeline Pankhurst’s visit to the Manchester Workhouse and the effect it had upon her
This video covers: The final part of Bazalgette's story and his contribution to revolutionise public health in Victorian Britain.
This video covers: The death of Emmeline's husband and becoming a Registrar of Births and Deaths.
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A description of how whole families often had to go into the workhouse and once there, they were separated and...
This video covers: Takes a look at Florence Nightingale's early life, her character and what she felt it was like to be born in an...
This video covers: The WSPU; the Women’s Social and Political Union