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Children’s Evidence from the Scriven Report into the Employment of Children and Young Persons
The punctuation, spelling and layout of the children’s responses are taken verbatim from the published report.
Mr Zachariah Boyle’s China & Earthenware Factory, Stoke
no. 72 Elizabeth Evans, aged 11
I have been a cutter only six weeks; can read a testament but cannot read anything else; I cannot write; I went to a day school for a little while; could not go long; I had to look after the children while mother was at work at the brick-kiln; I have four brothers and sisters; my eldest brother runs moulds, but he has no work; I get 1s. 6d. a week if I work all the week, but I only work three days; come at seven and go home at half-past seven and eight; the printer pays the transferers, and they pay me; always give my wages to mother; I got bread this morning for breakfast, bread for dinner, don’t know what I shall have for tea, perhaps taties; father works at coal-pits; father’s a totaler, never drinks beer; his work is irregular, sometimes he only works two days, three, or six; mother works half a day in the week, laying or drawing and gets 10d.; father and mother, and all the people in the room where I works is very good to me, and never beats me unless I do things wrong, and then ‘tis never much; I have nothing to complain of.
Words: Miranda Goodby
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