3.  Chimney sweepers  Factories  Street sellers  Coal mines

4. The children had to work in a chimney because the children are better then adults at that job. The boys started at the age five and six they would be sent scrambling up inside the chimney to scrap the soot away. sadly they came down with soot all over and there elbows and there knees were cut. “i have two boys working for me. After work there arms and legs are bleeding so I rub them with salt-water before sending them up another chimney.” SWEEP MASTER Unfortunatly the chimneys were usually very narrow (in some cases as small as 30cm )and twisted so that makes the work extra hard. Often children got stuck or froze with terror in cramped darkness – in these cases the master chimney sweeper, would simply light the fire underneath to ‘encorage ‘ them to get working. There work was danderous and painful. Some boys got stuck and died of suffocation.

5. Children had to work long hours and sometimes carry out dangerous jobs in the factory. "I start work promptly at 5:00 in the morning and work all day till 9:00 at night. That’s 16 hours! We are not allowed to talk, sit or look out of the window whilst we work. The only day off from work I get is on Sundays, when we have to go to church." Girl aged 9 In the textile the children were made to clean whilst the machine was going many children lost there fingers,killed and even crushed from the machinery. Children were also made to work in the factories because the adults got paid more money so they paid them a lot less money.

6. Thousands of poor children worked also lived on the streets. Although many were orphans other were simply neglected.Unfortunatly they worked very long hours and got very little money.To buy bread, they sold matches, firewood, buttons, flowers or bootlaces, polished shoes, ran errands and swept the crossing places where rich people crossed the busy roads.

7. Coal was the main source of power in Victorian times. It was used for cooking and heating, and for driving machinery, trains and steam ships. Until 1842, children under the age of 10 worked in coal mines In order to produce more coal, the mines needed more workers and children as young as 5 years old were used to supply this need. They worked for up to 12 hours a day. Coal was the main source of power in Victorian times. It was used for cooking and heating, and for driving machinery, trains and steam ships.