FROM++COUNTRY+TO+TOWN


 * FROM COUNTRY TO TOWN**


 * Constantly more country people are moving to London,**
 * and the city is soon overcrowded. Jack and Albert are**
 * some of them. They are earlier farmers, but moved to London**
 * for better paid work. I’ve asked them about the abrupt junction,**
 * and how the city life is.**



London is getting bigger, and several people from the country moves to the big town to work in factories for better paid work. The wages of a farm worker in low, and besides; after the invention of new machines, it becomes less work for farmers. Cities are filling to overflowing, and London is particularly bad. The houses where they lives has'nt the best quality, and many of the workers houses are overcrowed with other people, and everyone who lives in the same street has to share toilets and outdoor pump.

<- The house where Jack, Albert and their family lives. A picture of their family.

Now, in 1851, half of the population of the country has moved to London. I’ve had an interview with two of the many farmers, Jack and Albert. They are making railways, which are some of the things that change London to a bigger city. They told me how it was to move to London and about their whole fabulously travel. Jack tells his story, and Albert is quite agreed.

//-I came to London with my family for some months ago. First we weren’t really shore if we could take this big step; move from a small and quiet place where you grow up, to England’s biggest city. But I had to take a choice, and thought of the best for me and my family. We haven’t so much money, and I earn more in London.// //We were very afraid for being homeless, and being placed on the street. Fortunately, my employer found a home for us. Now I and my family share a small house with Albert and his family. It’s OK. We live beside our work, so it’s not a good location.// //I miss the country and the house, but you know; the money I earn is very important of me and my family’s life.//

I gave thanks for the interview, and now we all know a bit more of the ex-farmer’s life.