Portrait of Victorian Lynn DVD
Product code: DVD089
Price £15.95 + P&P

PRODUCT DETAILS

Format: DVD Documentary, Colour, 4:3 aspect
Language: English
Region: 0 (All Regions, PAL format - what does this mean?)
Running Time: 74 minutes
Producers: Robert Fuller Associates
Description:

King’s Lynn was growing and thriving. Industrialisation meant wealth and growth, and interest in culture and the arts soared.  Yet it was also a time when many lived in abject poverty. There were two sides to Victorian life in Lynn; one enjoyed by the wealthy and one endured by the poor. While life in Lynn was greatly affected by individual’s social standing, many improvements were made which enhanced life for all Lynn residents. Buildings, such as the Athenaeum, were expected to enhance the cultural life of the town. For some, making ends meet proved impossible. For those who could not find work in the town salvation was at hand. The Union Workhouse was the final option for many who fell on hard times. 

Fredrick Savage, Alfred Dodman and Thomas Cooper were all entrepreneurs and revolutionary engineers who were internationally renowned. There was also growth in shopping with more choice at the first department store Jermyn and Perry, found in the High Street. By 1870 five hundred ships were using Lynn’s docks annually. The main products imported and exported were timber, wine, and linseed. This increased trade had to be serviced by improved railway & transport links All in all life was like many small Victorian towns, straining to keep step with the technological, economic and cultural advances surrounding it.

This programme is brought to life with informative dramatised sequences and is made up from old pictures, interviews and narrated by star of screen & stage Robert Hardy.

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