The Rookeries of London by Thomas Beames read by Peter Yearsley Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book

The Rookeries of London by Thomas Beames (1815 - 1864) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Modern (19th C) Read by: Peter Yearsley in English Cover design by Michele Fry. Parts: Part 2    • The Rookeries of London by Thomas Beames r...   Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Preface & Section 1 00:21:45 - 02 - Section 2 00:45:18 - 03 - Section 3 00:56:15 - 04 - Section 4 01:27:21 - 05 - Section 5 01:34:33 - 06 - Section 6 Part 1 02:08:28 - 07 - Section 6 Part 2 02:19:51 - 08 - Section 7 02:47:32 - 09 - Section 8 03:10:13 - 10 - Section 9 03:15:59 - 11 - Section 10 03:24:11 - 12 - Section 11 03:35:16 - 13 - Section 12 03:43:58 - 14 - Section 13 03:51:43 - 15 - Section 14 04:05:05 - 16 - Section 15 04:24:41 - 17 - Section 16 04:37:09 - 18 - Section 17 04:49:12 - 19 - Section 18 04:58:47 - 20 - Section 19 05:15:00 - 21 - Section 20 05:35:34 - 22 - Section 21 05:44:06 - 23 - Section 22 06:05:54 - 24 - Section 23 06:13:49 - 25 - Section 24 06:23:23 - 26 - Section 25 06:31:12 - 27 - Section 26 Rev. Thomas Beames (1815 - 1864) was a preacher at St. James, Westminster in London. He compiled his own eye-witness accounts of the most notorious of the slum areas, the Rookeries. In this essay, he passionately discusses the effects of poverty and the mistreatment of the poor and working classes. Much of what he says is still valid today; for example, in discussing over-population and emigration, he mentions the mis-use of land in Britain: '... large tracts of land, such as in Derbyshire, seem only valuable as grouse preserves. Such as in Scotland are parcelled out in deer forests, and the like . When the population is so superabundant, these things should not be ; it savours too much of feudal times, and in the neighbourhood of these hunting grounds, game laws are rigidly enforced ...' The author has added an interesting postscript about the effects of the Great Fire of London.(Summary by Peter Yearsley.) Note: Section 7 of the recording consists only of some tables of data with regard to the use of public baths and laundries. More information: https://librivox.org/the-rookeries-of... LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)