Herring! And Other Victorian Jobs
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
March 24, 2019 9:06am CST
I am watching youtube. The Worst Jobs in History: Victorians (Victorians Documentary I Timeline to be exact. This is the second episode I've watched, the first I believe was about The Tudor workforce.
I'm sure the majority of you have heard about the boys that had to climb up chimneys to clean them out. That's covered in this one. They also cover those who go around collecting from the dustbin (Actual soot and ash from chimney's, stoves etc), those who collect old chicken bones, those who had to work in a workhouse.. The list goes on.
The presenter has had to catch a rat by his bare hand, climb into a locomotive and shovel the coal, tear apart rope, break up stone... I think the easiest he's done so far is to call "Herring!" Though that would have been boring after awhile, looking out to sea and waiting for the birds to fly overhead.
What have you been watching lately?
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Mar 19
I've been re-watching Firefly with my girls since our resident house-elf hadn't actually seen it before.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Mar 19
@SophiaMorros I think I might have seen parts of one or two episodes. I was more a fan of Buffy than anything else. Firefly came before, didn't it? OR was it after, I can't recall.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
I've not seen it either. Is that the one that Joss Whedon created? Or am I thinking of something else?
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
24 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum that's the one. I didn't really pay attention to the first couple of episodes when the kids first watched it but I was sucked in by the end of episode 3. The dialog and character development is fantastic.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
I have The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes but I also have some books writeen by fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One covers Mycroft, Sherlock's brother. Another is about Dr. Watson and his own detecive work. It's more interactive.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
@Sojourn Have you watched any of the shows based on Sherlock? Or do you stick to the literature?
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@Sojourn (13833)
• India
24 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Cool.... I have been reading about the first introduction of Mycroft to Dr Watson in "The Greek interpreter" .
@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Mar 19
I watched some Victorian era serial killer and other odd stories of characters from that time.
@celticeagle (189957)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum ......Mine too. Love the architecture and what women went through. Interesting about the couple in Seattle.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Mar 19
The Victorian Era is one of my favorites. You've heard of "This Victorian Life" couple from Seattle? There's a website that they've made, they are like a living museum, except they don't allow entry into their home. It's more a matter of them preserving life as it was in VIctorian times.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Mar 19
@celticeagle Oh I definitely love Victorian style houses but not the Victorian style paint. I once watched a documentary about a Victorian Pharmacy. I might have to watch it again, it was really informative.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
25 Mar 19
And sadly, a lot of Victorian style jobs still exist in parts of the world today. Panning in the sewer? No, thank you!
My ancestors had jobs like Farmer, Stained Glass Artist, Fishmonger, Jeweller, School Master, Blacksmith and Hackney Carriage Driver. I suppose they were quite good jobs for the time.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Mar 19
Farmer, Moonshiner (though I wouldn't consider that a job per se, but a hobby), Preacher, Logger....
I think people just made due with what they could. A Hackney Carriage Driver might have been well paid. Jeweler most likely as well but I imagine it was a big strain to the eyes and hands. Blacksmith's were in high demand as well.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Quite the scandal!
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@JESSY3236 (22244)
• United States
26 Mar 19
Sunday I watched the season finale of How to get Away with Murder. Yesterday I watched Murder Most Foul and a PBS mystery show.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Mar 19
So Murders been on your mind?
I used to like those type shows. Haven't watched them in a long while.
I used to like those type shows. Haven't watched them in a long while.1 person likes this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
I bet you have seen a lot of beautiful gardens from all over the world while watching those type videos.
Yes, so many tough jobs that we don't like to think about.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Mar 19
@Sheali Yes there are some jobs that were started many many years ago and are still done today. I saw a job of cleaning a sheep's behind. I am sure it's still done today.
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@Sheali (7461)
• India
25 Mar 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, I saw once.. the job of brushing the teeth of an Hippo.. it has to be done now also in zoos, I think..
Yaa.. I saw very nice videos
@snowy22315 (209129)
• United States
24 Mar 19
I still think the worst jobs would be latrine cleaner..or chicken catcher..another one I would hate.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
After watching the Victorian Doc, I watched one on the Dark Ages. There was one where they had to handle poo as t was used as the molding in the walls. However, there was one worse then that. They had to go with rope and bucket over the cliff face to gather eggs from wild birds.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
I have seen one of those before, it's been a few years though. It was showing the magician's secrets basically.
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
24 Mar 19
Oh that sounds like an interesting documentary to watch. I have been watching Pokemon lol. I hope you have a nice day ahead! Happy Sunday!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
24 Mar 19
Despite Pokemon being very much my generation, I never did watch it or get into any of the trading games either. I hope you enjoy watching it.
