Manmeet and Connie's top 5 facts about the victorians ##

                                                                                                                    1. A Victorian house generally means any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). During the Industrial Revolution successive housing booms resulted in the building of many millions of Victorian houses which are now a defining feature of most British towns and cities.                                                                                                                2. The wealthy were able to pay a doctor to help them at home, while the poor had no choice but to go to a charitable hospital or workhouse infirmary. at that time, a hospital was a charity or run by local authorities and there were only a handful of such facilities in all of England.                                                                                                                                      3.With a reign of 63 years, seven months and two days, Victoria was the longest-reigning British monarch and the longest-reigning queen regnant in world history until her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II surpassed her on 9 September 2015. She was the last monarch of Britain from the House of Hanover. Victoria wore black for the rest of the reign when her husband died.                                                                                           4.The Victorians lived over one hundred and fifty years ago during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 to 1901).Victorian times means during Victoria's rule. The time Queen Victoria was on the throne. She ruled for 64 years.                                                 5.Poor families made their own, such as cloth-peg dolls and paper windmills. Children would save their pocket money to buy marbles, a spinning top, skipping ropes, kites or cheap wooden toys. Girls played with dolls and tea sets whilst boys played with toy soldiers and marbles.