What did the Victorians do for FUN? | Ruth Goodman on 19th century entertainment

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Historian Ruth Goodman explores exactly how little leisure time most people had in the 19th century – and what they did with their precious snatched hours.

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00:00 Intro
00:33 How hard did people work?
01:59 Cricket or football?
04:19 Did they like a drink?
06:47 How else did they unwind?

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