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Children Working as Bird Scarers

Children Working as Bird Scarers
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  • Children Working as Bird Scarers
  • Duration: 00:34
  • This clip explains that some children worked in the countryside, doing jobs like bird scaring. Wages were lower in the countryside but conditions were slightly better than in the towns. The painting of a bird scarer in this clip shows that they were lonely and often cold. Young children might stand alone in the fields for many hours, even in winter. They earned about five pence a day. This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
  • Subject:

    History

       Topic:

    Victorians: Child Labour

  • Keywords: bird scarer, wooden clapper, wages, conditions, loneliness, subtitled
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  • Use this clip when considering the range of jobs poor Victorian children were employed to do.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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