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London recovers from an economic depression.

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Learn why, despite high unemployment and intolerable conditions, people flock to London.

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Observe the social changes of the 1900s.

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Witness a dire economic depression heightened by the arrival of Irish migrants.

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The slum residents go on a day trip to the countryside.

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Edward VII's coronation banquet finds its way into the slum.

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Russell's had enough of Victorian tailoring, it's time for a couple of pints.

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Mandy realizes what life was like for her own ancestors and it's a moving experience.

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Andy loses his livelihood when the doss-house is condemned.

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The Potters sell sheep trotters on the streets of Spittlefields.

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The slum dwellers experience the Victorian trend for slum tourism.