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Victorian Leicester : Episode 9 - Ideas and Beliefs |
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| This audio recording on the subject of Ideas and Beliefs is ninth and last in a series of talks about Victorian Leicester, originally made for schools and broadcast in the early 1970s. Other episodes in this series are also available to listen to on The Showcase. The speaker, Professor Simmons, begins by examining the modern view of Victorians as being very religious, and explains how although this was certainly true in the prosperous areas of society, many poorer workers actually avoided public worship. Nonconformity was prevalent amongst the lower classes in Leicester and the speaker explains how this indifference was less due to immorality than exhaustion from work, lack of clean clothes for “Sunday best” and distance from contact with church leaders. Sensational alternatives to church and chapel are described, and we hear the example of a new religious group named “Fire Brigade of Jesus” arriving in Leicester in the 1860s, and reported as “rampaging around the town” to advertise their cause with sensational lectures on the horrors of Hell. There is also reference to The Mormons and The Slavation Army, and some examples of various religious practices and prominent ministerial personalities are given. Many older superstitious beliefs which survived among the town poor are also described, especially in relation to combating sickness. We also hear about the establishment of groups based on systems of political belief including the socialists and freethinkers, which appealed to intellectuals from both educated and working classes. Prosperity and growth in Leicester is detailed alongside the development of employment opportunities for women and a look at how progress impacted on moral attitudes. Some general impressions and conclusions about Victorian Leicester are also given, drawing from previous programmes in the series. The original recording is held by the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA ref.: 137, RL100/0009/9-9VL). Further information can be found at http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha |
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| Creators: |
Speaker - Simmons, Professor Jack
Producer - Cobley, Paul
Other - BBC
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Class Issues, Religion
Community Development
History
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| Contributors: |
East Midlands Oral History Archive - Copyright Holder
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01 / 01 / 1972
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English
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United Kingdom
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Community Media Association has non exclusive rights for the use of the work in The Showcase, but the overall copyright rests with East Midlands Oral History Archive. Copyright East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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