The Worst Jobs in History - The Victorian Age - Part 6

[ipwnyorass]

reminds me of the the show "Dirty Jobs" by Mike Rowe on Discovery channel

[olelumpy]

Heh, I've done a job that was very much like the railroad jobs. I was a construction landscaper. I worked for an oldschool crew and we used to have to run wheel barrows full of gravel up a skinny wooden plank to the back of a truck. It was exhausting work and you could slip off the ramp and really hurt yourself. We also did all the shoveling by hand. We even had to hand tamp the gravel flat by using giant poled with huge square weights at the bottom. Worked rain or shine....but sober.

[SaphiraHorse]

"Excuse me while I go die in a corner"

[lamenzies]

Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to post this series, TalkCreativePlanet.

[toxigenic]

It took me awhile to recognize Baldrick from Black Adder! Nice series, it was fun to watch.

[PollyJuice]

I admire Tony Robinson hugely for going through so much disgusting things just to educate the world.

[listentoalex]

Thanks for posting this!! the V era is in my opinion, the most significant era in history...in more ways that 1.

[billu8660]

salute to all those ppl around the world who did these jobs

[baciandrio]

Ah! I saw the series on the History Channel years ago...loved it then and love it even more now!

[BrionyCoote]

He rated leather maker as the worst job in Victorian times? I always thought it was chimney sweep boy!

[PollyJuice]

@BrionyCoote

That wasn't for grown-ups - and it didn't smell as terrible.

[gothiclara]

thank you for posting this - im doing victoria era in history in uni and this is helpful to me :)

[MsStormcrow]

thank you for the awesome post!!!

[VictorianGentlmn]

Thank you for posting. I am not sure what it is but I love the Victorian period. Thank you again, Ta

[smileythegnome]

When is Mr. Robinson going to launch his website? I looked and found nothing so far.

[tsilll]

my mum shoud never see this show, she'll be sick

[rcroadtrain]

Fantastic show. Thank you TalkCreativePlanet. The next time my daughter complains about having to clean her room, I will remind her of what children from the past had to put up with.

[Isthisthelongestname]

yea thats gonna work for all of 5 minutes.

....daughter? .....you must be in your 30s....good god, why are you on youtube??

[HedebBast]

@Isthisthelongestname LOL, I'm 31, and a YouTube nut...I get to watch TV Shows like this, that I would never get to see otherwise.