Robert Mead
I was born in the East End of London (Limehouse) and my first job when I was 15 was in West India Dock which is now the Docklands.(Limehouse)
Futurelearn courses are excellent so enjoy the ones you do.
Location Burnham on Crouch Essex
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Horrific physical injuries that their fellow soldiers would have to see and leave mental scars with them for the rest of their life.
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There are 92 clubs in the football league but the 20 premier league clubs get most of the tv coverage and the top 6 get the most coverage.Kick off times are to suit tv viewing and not the travelling fan.
I would like to see more championship and 1 & 2 league games televised to get some money to these clubs.It would also be good to follow a team/players... -
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It is called the beautiful game and when played as it should be it is.
These days there are not many teams who can play pure football but it is beautiful to watch when it happens.
Exciting to watch.Exciting to be a supporter.Exciting when your team wins.
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My dad was at at Upton Park the day I was born in 1947 and I have always been a West Ham fan.
I played for my school and district team and also for East Barking FC on Saturdays and various clubs on Sunday mornings.
Loved playing football and won a few cups and medals until I finished at the age of 30.
Bobby Moore is probably my favourite player and Messi is... -
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That's a possibility Jane
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When I go on holiday to another country I always learn some of the everyday phrases such as good morning or pleased to meet you etc. and I think Mahle could have made a better impression if she had initiated some form of contact first.
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Hi everyone
I am a should be retired supermarket worker from Essex in the UK where I have 600 plus colleagues to interact with across various cultures plus the customers so this course will help me to understand people better.
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As I was born and have always lived in the southern part of the U.K. mining has never seriously affected me.As far as I know there have been no miners in my family so I have no stories to tell.
However this brilliant course has opened up a whole new subject for me to investigate which I am looking forward to doing.
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Great list of information thank you.
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I have never done any oral history but this course has got my interest buds flowing and I will find out more about the oral history archives.
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Trade Unions have obviously made a great difference to a lot of industries in the UK and have done and still are doing their best for working conditions.
However I think that in some industries their work is done but they can cause disruption by trying to get minor things sorted out and asking the workforce to vote when a meeting between Union and bosses... -
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Great interview very informative and I imagine Nicky has some interesting stories to tell.
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Depicts solidarity between the pit face and surface miners
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Depicts the mining community
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Putting food on the table or striking to not endure the wrath of your work mates.Difficu!t one glad I've never had to choose.
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Smillie and the Men of Motherwell must have given the Lanarkshire miners and the whole community something to fight for and make their lives more bearable.Their actions also saw the the whole mining community begin to stand up to the mine owners regardless of the outcome.
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If you put yourse!f in a miner's shoes ftom 1880 to 1920 I am pretty sure that you would welcome any kind of help to overcome the mine owners callous and almost inhumane treatment of you and your family and fellow workers.
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Learnt a lot from the intro.
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Another interesting week ahead in what has been an absorbing course.
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It doesn't seem to get any better does it.Early C20th and children were going to school without shoes.
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I think the lack of sanitation was probably the hardest thing to contend with.Imagine no running water,no baths and no toilets.
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As women in the past have so often been UNSUNG HEROES
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Respiratory problems,physical injuries and mental health .
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Hard enough in the pit if you are not disabled and I would have thought being disabled and getting less pay must have been soul destroying.
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Poor souls sent to work in a place totally unfit for young girls.
Is there any sections in this course on the mine owners?
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Unhealthy,uneducated and sad.
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The article The women miners in pants' is very interesting and introduces us to the Wigan black beauties.
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Poor old Janet Chapman was destined for the pithead whether she wanted to go or not.It appears the money was more important than the child's health.
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Sounds like a job from hell.
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A bit harsh on the Bilston girls who must have been doing a good job while it appears being happy and enjoying their what must have been difficult life.
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Things changing by the hour here in the UK but we are getting a lot of information on what to do but unfortunately there are a lot of people not listening which is going to force the government to put us on lockdown. -
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I started work at 15 in 1962 in an office and I don't think that I would have lasted very long underground so as an MP I would legislate for all children under 16 to be banned from working underground.
The above means that parents don't have to make a choice and at 16 you are classed as an adult so you choose if you want to work underground. -
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Poor Septimus such mental stress and physical hardship for one so young.
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I haven't read the other extracts yet but these four are so horrendous that I will have to read the others over a period of time.
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Poor souls.
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Excellent first week looking forward to week 2
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New machinery bringing new hazards which the mine owners saw as progress which in fact is a bit like some of today's new ideas which I call backwards progress
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Heart wrenching
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Such a dangerous occupation that seemed bereft of health and safety.
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I just can't believe the horrendous working conditions.
If you we were a hewer I wonder what your thoughts would be when you woke up in the morning and had a long shift ahead of you.
The young boy and pony look absolutely shattered.
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Riveting.Another book to read and a film to watch.
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You can't beat a graphic description of a job when it's told by someone who has done the job.
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A hewer was I think possibly the most dangerous job that a man could do of any industry.
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It must have been awful to go to work and be in fear of what appears to have been regular explosions or ceiling collapses.
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Such a tough living for very little pay in the early days and health and safety virtually non- exsistent.
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Hi Ineke I will look out for the Textile course and will certainly be doing it.
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Hi everyone
Enjoyed the Railway Workers so much that this course has to be a must.
I missed the Textile course so will have to do it when it comes round again.
I have been doing FutureLearn courses for a long time and I can honestly say they are all excellent and a perfect way to increase your knowledge. -
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Just finished the excellent Railway Workers and now look forward to going underground.
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Navvies are like everyone else with hopes and dreams but the nature of their work makes them appear just rough and ready.
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I'm sure there were women navvies but they would have had to be tough and thick skinned to mix with the men.
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Although today's navvies have less physical work to do than the Victorian navvies when you see a motorway built from start to finish then you realise that they are worth their weight in gold.
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Tough life
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I'm on catch up this week and this sounds like another very informative week in what is an excellent course.
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Modern day navvies have more power tools to help them but in the early days the job would have been very physically demanding.
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As he was the signalman on duty he was to blame for the accident but the events leading up to the accident,if true,make all the other parties equally to blame.
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Physically and menta!y demanding but a lot of job satisfaction especially on the busy routes.
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Very interesting.I think that signalmen are on a par with air traffic controllers.
Planes/Trains fast moving.
You can't see what's in front of you.
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Although I had a train set when I was young I never got to read stories about the adventures of engine drivers but after reading these comments I think I'm going to do some catching up.
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Stumped
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Like a modern car which has to have an engine to function but is filled with driver assists to aid safer driving and protection in crashes, the steam engine would have progressed quickly and engine drivers would have needed to keep up with the new technology just as today's car drivers have to.
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Sounds like a script for an action film.
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Dusty,skilled and sweating.
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I have been watching a few tv programmes about railways lately and have found them very interesting.From the first train to the current HS2 project the engineering feats to overcome the obstacles that awaited them or awaits them re HS2 are just amazing.
Also the impact the railways have made to various parts of the country which have been good... -
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Richard mentioned hobbies as an example of being in the senses and today I started to go back to making stained glass as a hobby and realised that after I had finished my session I was totally engrossed in what I was doing and thought of nothing else.
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I have seen this course advertised a few times and although I consider myself to be a laid back sort of person I am curious to see if this course may make me even more laid back.
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I think the belief is that there were only four scribes who wrote the Book of Kells in which case I think it must have taken at least 20 years to nearly complete.
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Bad light,cold and damp,poor parchment/ink and in one case a drink problem maybe? all adds up to an Irish scribes job as being very very difficult.
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I am from England and though we have many cultural treasures I think the Horse Guards is one of the top one's as tourists flock to see them. -
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Never heard of this before but the youth of today do need guidance as to their place in this fast moving world and what is expected of them in the future.
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After the first course I have a better understanding of Humanism but I am a bit confused with the following re my position to commiting myself to be a Humanist.
I have never been a regular churchgoer or had any urge to follow any religous route.
About 18 months ago I joined a choir which also has a gospel choir which I joined and once a month I go and enjoy... -
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Looking left to right
It could be some kind of boat
Looking right to left
It could be a deep sea creaturePicture1
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If you win the lottery of birth you should have a better chance of having a good solid start in life which is then up to the individual to build on and have a life worth living.
Losing the lottery of birth means you will have to work and try a lot harder to have a life worth living.
Win or lose the lottery of birth means to me that your quality of life... -
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The UK and Australia have strong links historically so it will be beneficial to learn about Australian history and understand the reasons for the links.
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More knowledge about the ladies whose influence on history appears to be very important.
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Recent tv dramas and documentaries about the Tudor period I really enjoyed so this course is to learn more.
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I was at school in the UK in the 50's/60's and I can't remember being taught anything about Australian history.
I think it's time to find out what I missed.
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Poetry can be funny,sad,satyrical,political,topical,rythmical and even diabolical.(run out of cals)
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Bit late getting started but I'll catch up.
My wife and I have a great interest in WW1 and while my wife's knowledge of WW1 poetry is much better than mine I do find the poetry very moving and knowing that it was written by soldiers on the front line the graphic details make them more moving.
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Totally agree Daphne
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Totally agree Daphne
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387 million children in poverty is totally unacceptable.
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For me Steven has it right.
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When you watch a magician like Dynamo you know that what he is doing is impossible ie playing cards going through glass or a mobile phone ending up inside a glass bottle but the magic is in the way he performs it which temporarily makes you believe it really happened.
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i was born in London 71 years ago and have always lived and worked within 60 miles of the capital so I have never really wanted for anything.
When I see the suffering and hardship which goes on in the world I feel that human rights does not appear to be high up on the list of priorities for some countries.
I would like to see things change in... -
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Great first week looking forward to the rest of the course.
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I have to say this first week has been very absorbing.My reason for doing this course is to learn what humanism really is and judging by the conversations so far I am pretty confident I will.
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A privilege because we have the chance to make the planet a place to live in peace and love.
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The Bible is a big book with lots of stories but how many of them are true, if any.
Maybe after understanding what humanism is I may have to look at the big book in a different way.
Enjoy the course everyone.
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Saw him in concert four times.Musical genius
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Hi Hazel
David Byrne is now 66 and touring with a walking band doing a lot of the older songs which do not sound o!d.
Their is a video on You Tube of a concert in New York he done in September this year.Always different. -
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Really enjoyed this course which will make me listen to my favourite songs to see why they appeal to me.
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BR will always be one of my all time favourites. I recently joined a choir and we sing contemporary songs rearranged for choir and I have learnt about intro,chorus,bridge reprise ect. which makes me appreciate BR even more.
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Written by Prince
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I have lots of favourite songs but the one that I find myself singing,whistling or humming to quite often is This must be the place(naive melody) by Talking Heads.Probably David Byrne 's best song of many that he has composed.
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I think the first time I heard BR was on radio1 and from the first few bars I felt that this was something special just like American Pie or You've lost that loving feeling.What makes BR extra special is the video which I saw on Top of the Pops because it just brings the song to a new level and leaves you wanting to see it again and again.
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Fascinating first week.Lot to think about and digest.
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Watching this I had what you music psychologists call a frisson moment.Brilliant.
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In my intro I said I listen to all kinds of music but that doesn't mean I like them all.
Music psychology is not something I am familiar with but somewhere in my body something is telling me to like or dislike what I hear so by the end of this course I'm pretty sure I will know the answer to what that something is! -
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I love the blues although thankfully I have never had depression and I am 71 so maybe I've been lucky.
I listen to any kind of music and just get a lot of enjoyment from it.
In the last year my wife and I have joined a choir which is linked to a charity who go into schools from pre to primary and teach the children a few songs,then have a concert for the... -
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I have been doing FL courses for about four years and while some of them can be a challenge if you are a little bit out of your depth the majority of the one's I have done are excellent and very informative.
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Hi everyone I am on catch up so need to get going.
I will always remember hearing and seeing the brilliant video of Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time because it was so different and all these years later it still is very powerful.
Enjoy the course
