The year is 1851....

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The country is changing. Families are moving from the countryside into the towns, looking for work and a better future.

London is overcrowded, with over half the population of Britian living there. The streets are filthy, disease is spreading and work is hard and poorly paid.


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Industrial Revolution.
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