I once was on a school trip as a little kid, I think it was in Iron Bridge. Not sure. But, there was on area we were visiting and up this very steep hill were graves of children that died working in the factories. It even had some of their ages. I saw a grave of a 3 year old. Horrible History's indeed...
yess. i would hide from my parents from the ages 8-10 bc i though they would make me work, then at 11 i relised.. wait, matt might be there and i asked my parents to make me work lmaooo
I dunno you probably learn more hands on skills out at work than sitting at a desk and reciting facts (some of which they’re just gonna scrap by the time you get a job anyway)
I cannot express how much the Victorian Claims Direct sketch scarred me as a kid. That one kid getting his hand caught in the machines? Absolutely the fuck not.
@@tauruscommunist9532 Oh no, it was on the same scale in America. This kids worked in the coal mines and textile factories. Child labor laws didn’t exist in America until the 30s. There’s still an exemption for farm work, which is why the tobacco in the cigarettes you smoke were picked by children.
To be fair that doesn't sound as bad as screaming in agony because your arm is trapped in a machine or choking in the smoke of a fire beneath you because you weren't cleaning a chimney fast enough.
@@redrangerrr558 Did I mention one of the day qualifications for teachers back then was how long they could cane a student without their arm getting tired.
The businessman played by Ben appears to be the most professional of the three, the one played by Larry seems to actively hate the kids while the one played by Mat appears to somewhat enjoy the suffering these children go through while in his factory.
To think that us children now complain about school but if we were working in the factories back then, we would definitely have a different opinion on things
That’s why tv makers came up with the idea of making pampered western children work in a sweatshop abroad for a (short) while to make them see how lucky they are.
The idea that even 2 and 3 year olds were employed in these factories to go inside those massive machines is like something out of a dystopian horror film, yet this was indeed a horrible part of history.
Still my favourite song that Horrible Histories ever did, it’s brilliant and really catchy. 😊 I feel for those poor little kids who had to work in factories and other dangerous jobs as well, that possibly got seriously injured or even killed, and didn’t get to have a childhood. Just awful. 😔
I watched this in primary school about 5 years ago when our topic for the term was Victorians. I only just remembered the chorus so I searched it up and finally found it!
I'm an OSH trainer in Australia. This is a great video to break up the monotony of studing the legislation and how it relates to us. Thank you Horrible Histories for making my lessons more enjoyable for my trainees and my colleagues :)
I love how they make school better here, though they weren't much better. The part about Glorious school was more for kids today to feel lucky to get to go to school.
I love watching Matt sing in this video! I do it almost every time. I have to, essentially, force myself NOT to watch him, and try to watch one of the other two. sigh Matt...
melina isac I just like how they are dressed and how they stand and move around in general (you know with the hands in the jacket), also I would much rather be the factory boss that owns the factory than the kids that have to work in the factory.
it makes me smile how all the men sing at the same time and together i dont know why but it just makes me smile , go to 1:25 in the video and watch that part thats what makes me smile
I wonder if 200 years from now, Chinese people will make a song like this to show their how their ancestors worked in the sweatshops of the 21st century.
Dude, given the hell that was early Victorian factories, I think most kids at the time would rather have wanted school than work. Before mandatory schooling and where everyone had to go to school, education was a privilege and I'm sure the kids knew it, too. Also the Victorians invented childhood as we know it. :)
I am so jealous of those kids look how close they are to matt!!!!!!!! If Were in that show i wouldn't even sing i would just hug matt and never let go it would be on Telly
Fun fact 6 to 15 year old factory workers/miners were the backbone of the movement for kids rights to school. They did marches and strikes advocating for an hour a day for education. Many factories started their own schools.
Kids singing about glorious school. Victorian school: Beatings, being stuffed into baskets, forced not talk, being hit with a stick. Me: atleast you didn’t have to worry about losing your arm in school, unless your teach beat it off you.
