It's freezing, pitch black, and silent-- apart from the sound of rats under the bed your wheezing children share. Snow has blown in under the door overnight. Fetching all the water you need from the communal well will be a slippery job today. If your husband gives you some money, your family can eat. If not, hard luck. You'll all have to go hungry. Welcome to the life of a Victorian woman living in one of Bristol's riverside tenements.Women lurked...
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