The Worst Jobs In History with Tony Robinson S02E03 Industrial

Poor Tony. He keeps terrifying himself with heights- and each new one is higher! Since that's what bravery is-being scared and doing it anyway- i think he deserves a medal. Terrific series.

Coal mining continued to be highly dangerous and employed boys from a pretty young age well into the twentieth century. My great uncle, who died in January this year, started work down the pit in the early 1930s at less than fourteen years of age. He once told me that in his first few days on the job, he saw a man get killed. All the other workers said to him was 'Get used to it kid, happens all the time'.

it seems like lots of these could have been done way easier with simple contraptions. what about a simple sideways chair or harness so the leggers could lay on their side and walk sideways on the walls? what about a press with a lever that squeezed the pottery in the press instead of pushing it down?

Every time I watch one of these "worst jobs" programs makes me happy for the hard job I have. I would have been dead a thousand times over if I lived back then. Any of these 'back then's. LOL

Thanks for up loading this, I love industrial documentaries.

I read more about the phossy jaw condition. Really disgusting. I feel terrible for those women.

i like the title music

I've been to the Big Pit, it was absolutely incredible, and very, very interesting. And we were in the dark for a bit, too, you couldn't see anything

some how i always end up watching these programs at this time of year

♥️🇬🇧😀 thanks for these posts. I missed this series 1st time around.

The waker upper reminds me of how in parts of the middle east people from the different religious groups would wake each other up eg jews or christians would wake muslims, and the muslims returned the favour waking them for important things. It worked really well given the different lifestyles etc of the two groups. I've forgotten the details of it unfortunately, but it's such a beautiful example of not just coexisting, but of actively using your differences to support each other. It reminds me of how during the protests in Egypt years ago muslims made a protective circle around coptic christians so they could pray safely, and the coptic christians did the same for the muslims <3 if anyone reading this was involved in that (or similar) bless you. We need more like you!

My parents are in dubai at the expo there right now. The photos and videos I've seen definitely reminded me of the crystal palace (particularly an immense dome that has videos played on the ceiling telling folktales, history and so forth. Other things are in the dome too). I imagine the visitors to the world fair at the crystal palace probably felt very similar things to what my parents have felt visiting this expo - awe at the design and construction of the venue/s, fascination regarding all the different cultures and things on show etc.

I can't help but think there must have been a more efficient way of getting the barges through those tunnels...

the dead sheep soup kinda made me hungry

Jobs: - bridge builder - legger - bone cleaner - presser - buffer lass - knocker up - soap boiler - glassblower - matchmaking - Hurrier

the glass was amazing..

Forgot to mention that Bryant was a leading Liberal , nor that the Salvation Army had their own match factory or that a new safe plant got built in Bow.

For the leggers, every day was leg day.

hard work for life

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