Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in ...

The Trapper. audioThe Trapper The life of a young Victorian child working in a coal mine. Street children. audioStreet children ‘Street children’ consists of three episodes about what life was ...

Three dance sessions exploring what life was like for children in Victorian times. 1. Down the mine Movements exploring the hardships suffered by children working underground. 2. Life in service ...

A NEW city bookshop has had the perfect start- thanks to the Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre. Sara Cooper opened Plot Twist Books at 43 Friar Street for the first time on Thursday. She aimed to ...

Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.