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The 1900s

Observe the social changes of the 1900s.

The 1890s

London recovers from an economic depression.

The 1880s

Learn why, despite high unemployment and intolerable conditions, people flock to London.

The 1870s

Witness a dire economic depression heightened by the arrival of Irish migrants.

The 1860s

Follow participants into a tenement to live and work as their East End ancestors once did.

About Victorian Slum House

"Victorian Slum House" takes viewers back to the British slums of the 1800s, where a group of modern-day families, couples, and individuals recreate life in London's East End, just as their forbearers once lived between 1860-1900.

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