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Living
Conditions during the Industrial Revolution varied
from the splendor of the homes of the owners to the
squalor of the lives of the workers. In this section
you will find descriptions and links that will help
you to understand what living in an Industrialising
city may have been like.
Homes
of the wealthy
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Cliffe
Castle, Keighley, is a good example of how the
newly rich chose to live. This is a large home
modelled loosely on a castle, woth turrets,
towers and imitation crennaltions on the walls
of the garden. The home is very large and was
surrounded by a massive garden, the estate itself
stretching for a number of miles. Cliffe Castle
is now open to the public as a museum. Admission
is Free. click here to find out how to get there.
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Homes
of the poor
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Poor
people lived in small houses in crampred streets.
These homes would share toilet facilities, have
open sewers (initially at least) and would be
susceptible to damp. Conditions did improve
during the 19th century as a number of public
health acts were introduced covereing things
such as sewage, sanitation and imposing some
restricions upon the construction of homes.
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Of
course not everybody lived in homes like these. The
Industrial Revolution led to there being a larger
middle class of professionals such as lawyers and
doctors. The conditions for the poor improved over
the course of the 19th century due to a number of
government and local initiatives which led to cities
becoming cleaner places. You must also bear in mind
that life hadn't been exactly brilliant for the poor
before industrialisation either.
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