Hidden Lives Revealed - Waifs and strays: 'Waif' girl

New arrivals were often sent to rural cottage homes, which were a world apart from the urban slums where many had spent their early years. In Victorian times, mass-travel was unheard of and many children knew little of life outside their neighbourhood. The countryside must have seemed a distant and exotic place.

Ref: XX13
Title: 'Waif' girl
Date: Around 1890
Location: Bristol
Creator: Unknown

Description:
New arrivals were often sent to rural cottage homes, which were a world apart from the urban slums where many had spent their early years. In Victorian times, mass-travel was unheard of and many children knew little of life outside their neighbourhood. The countryside must have seemed a distant and exotic place.

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