Basingstoke Working Conditions Flashback: Bob Clarke’s Observations
A look at Basingstoke’s 19th-century working conditions, wages, poverty, and philanthropy as observed by Bob Clarke. Basingstoke Working Conditions Flashback: Bob Clarke’s Observations Someone visited Basingstoke, calling it a nice market town. He noticed the town’s trade had declined. Wages were generally better than elsewhere then. People earned about 10 to 15 shillings weekly. George…