The Rookeries of London by Thomas Beames (1815 - 1864)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Modern (19th C)

Read by: Peter Yearsley in English
Cover design by Michele Fry.

Parts:
Part 2 [ Ссылка ]

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Preface & Section 1
00:21:45 - 02 - Section 2
00:45:18 - 03 - Section 3
00:56:15 - 04 - Section 4
01:27:21 - 05 - Section 5
01:34:33 - 06 - Section 6 Part 1
02:08:28 - 07 - Section 6 Part 2
02:19:51 - 08 - Section 7
02:47:32 - 09 - Section 8
03:10:13 - 10 - Section 9
03:15:59 - 11 - Section 10
03:24:11 - 12 - Section 11
03:35:16 - 13 - Section 12
03:43:58 - 14 - Section 13
03:51:43 - 15 - Section 14
04:05:05 - 16 - Section 15
04:24:41 - 17 - Section 16
04:37:09 - 18 - Section 17
04:49:12 - 19 - Section 18
04:58:47 - 20 - Section 19
05:15:00 - 21 - Section 20
05:35:34 - 22 - Section 21
05:44:06 - 23 - Section 22
06:05:54 - 24 - Section 23
06:13:49 - 25 - Section 24
06:23:23 - 26 - Section 25
06:31:12 - 27 - Section 26

Rev. Thomas Beames (1815 - 1864) was a preacher at St. James, Westminster in London. He compiled his own eye-witness accounts of the most notorious of the slum areas, the Rookeries. In this essay, he passionately discusses the effects of poverty and the mistreatment of the poor and working classes. Much of what he says is still valid today; for example, in discussing over-population and emigration, he mentions the mis-use of land in Britain: '... large tracts of land, such as in Derbyshire, seem only valuable as grouse preserves. Such as in Scotland are parcelled out in deer forests, and the like . When the population is so superabundant, these things should not be ; it savours too much of feudal times, and in the neighbourhood of these hunting grounds, game laws are rigidly enforced ...' The author has added an interesting postscript about the effects of the Great Fire of London.(Summary by Peter Yearsley.) Note: Section 7 of the recording consists only of some tables of data with regard to the use of public baths and laundries.

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