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The Worst Jobs in History: Victorian 
Katherine Welbourne
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best job
 
 
Cat and Dog Killer:
people thought that cats and dogs caused the plague so the goverment paid 1 shilling for each dog or cat killed.
 
Chimney-Sweep:
climb up a chimney and scrape it clear of soot. your boss will put pins into your feet or light a fire underneath you if you don't climb up there quickly enough.
 
Stonebreaker:
hammering away at rocks for hours to make small stones for building roads and laying foundations of new buildings.
 
Tanner:
you make leather by stripping the skin off dead cows and sheep and scraping them clean of flesh, blood and fur.
 
Tosher:
work in the sewage tunnels Coins and nails are often dropped down the drains, you will pick up turds, rotting dead rats and lots of brown paper.
 
Mudlark:
go to the river Thames at low tide and wade around in the sewage searching for nails, bolts and anything else you could sell at the local market.
 
Navvy:
you push Wheelbarrows full of rocks as tunnels are blasted through hills using dynamite build railways.
 
Rat-Catcher:
catches and sometimes kill rats that are spreading the pluage. careful you don't contract a painful and deadly disease if you want this job though...
 
Powder-Monkey:
The English navy is fighting a war against Napoleon and needs your help. You leap over dead bodies, slip over on spilt blood and guts, and cough your way through gunsmoke.
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