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Relive the days of the British Empire at home and abroad,
through the times of Britain's longest-reigning monarch
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COUNTR-Y LIFE
hile n
ew
technology and machinery improved
the
efficiency an
d profitability of many
farms
,
for mo
st
p
eople
the industrial
revolution of the 18th and 19th
centuries was a p
eriod
of massive upheaval and
social change. Many people lost their jobs and their
homes,
since
most hou
se s
were tied to
their occupations and th
ey
were
forced to
seek
work els
ewhere.
N
EW MA
C H
I
NERY
New ma
chinery,
such
as
th
is
steam
traction
en
gine, was very ve
rsatile
and
co
uld
do th
e
wo
rk
of
several
men
.
In
the
spa
ce of
a
few
years
th
e
h
eavy horses,
th
at
fo
rme rly
p
ulled plo
ugh
s
and
o
th er
agricultural
m
ach
in
ery,
became
obsolete.
ANIM
AL H
U SBAN D R Y
W
hile th
ose
involved
in
agricultur
e
suffered enormous
ly
at
the han
ds
ofp
rog ress', m
any
of
those
w
ho
tended
anima
ls,
suc
h
as cattle
herders
and
sheph
erds,
w
ere littl
e affected
by the
tech
nologic
al
revo
lu tion
swee
p ing th
e
land
;
survivo
rs
from
a
pre
-indu strial age
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COUNTRY AIR
Although many of
those who worked in
the
co
untry
still
lived
in
pr
imitive,
one-roomed
co
ttages, living condi
tions
and
sanitation
were m
uc h
be
tter
th
an
in town slums
.
C
H A NG I NG MAR
K E TPLA C E
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Many
villages
lost their
weekly market as more
and mo
re
of the food
produ
ced was
taken
to
the towns to feed
their
bu
rgeo ning population
s.
A
single
village sho
p,
selling a
range
of
goo
ds,
co
uld
usually
satisfy
the
needs
of
most
.
rural com
m unities.
LIFE EX
PE CTAN CY
Although generally
less
well
-off
th
an
tow
n dwellers,
those
who lived in the
coun
try
usually had
a
better qu
ality
of life and
could
expect to
live
lo
ng er;
abo
ut
50
years
of age compared
to
40 for thos
e
in towns.
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O
U R DA
ILY
BREAD
In
1815 Corn Laws
had
bee
n
passed to keep grain prices
high
and
protect
England from
cheap
imports
,
but these
were
repealed
in 1846
to
facilitate free trade.The
result
was a fall in the
price
of
bread,
tho
ugh
farmers were affected
bad1y
as a conseque
nce
.
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