they played a game called Wall Ball. Everyone had to try and get a ball, by bundling on top of each other.
poor children had not got the money to buy games, so made do with games like skipping etc.
but rich children played with dolls and so on. they spent a LOT of time being educated.
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Life for poor Victorian children was hard. They had to work to help their family survive. Toys were homemade, such as wooden blocks and dolls. They were closer to their families than the wealthy Victorian children. Wealthy Victorian children had little parent-child communication. They were usually raised by a nanny in a strict environment.
Victorian children did in fact play games while they were at school. Playing games has always been a tactic teachers use to teach.
They played marbles, tag, hide and seek. Girls played with hoops or did puzzles!
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Big puffy dress' for the ladies and short 3quarter length trousers with long socks for the men.
Sometimes more than 2 hours, grooming of hair etc. included. But that mostly applied to upper class lady's.
The use of the cane in schools has a long history and is unrelated to World War 1. Introduced in Victorian times to replace the birch rod and the whip, it continued in use in England till about 1990.
During the Victorian era, the average lifespan in London was between 25 an 30 years of age. The gentry or professional class had the highest life expectancy of about 45 years old. The tradesman and farmers lived to be about 27 years old and the laborers and servants only lived to be about 22 years old.