Her lungs were full of rabbit fur. South London, 1889. She scraped down off rabbit skins with a blunt knife, twelve hours a day, her daughter working beside her. The windows stayed shut even in August, because a draught sent the fur flying. She said she was always “more or less choked.” In 1896 the government recommended work like this be exempted from safety law entirely. Send this to someone who thinks the good old days were better. #BritishHistory #UKHistory #VictorianHistory