I love this video and social historian Lucy's work so I'm adding this to my list of YouTube station recommends. You can bring past posts in this series by clicking on that label below. Go to her channel to find more fascinating videos!
Excerpt from this station :
Using the houses as they are displayed today, including the preserved “time capsule” area, this film looks at everyday Christmas life in working households during the 1840s, 1870s, and 1930s. Rather than focusing on tradition or nostalgia, it examines how Christmas fitted into ordinary routines shaped by work, housing conditions, health, overcrowding, and limited income. ... Back-to-back houses were once common in industrial cities across Britain. While examples still exist in places such as Leeds and Bradford, most were demolished during twentieth-century slum clearances. The Birmingham Back to Backs are a rare preserved group that allows visitors to step inside and understand how these homes functioned as lived spaces over time.
