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Food and Jokes to Pay the Rent

The Potters sell sheep trotters on the streets of Spittlefields.

Slum Tourism

The slum dwellers experience the Victorian trend for slum tourism.

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The 1890s

London recovers from an economic depression.

The 1900s

Observe the social changes of the 1900s.

The 1870s

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

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