These photographs, along with quotations from the period, recall the time at the turn of the century when Yorkshire - along with the rest of the British Empire - was preparing to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Poverty was rife, and working and living conditions often harsh, especially in the Yorkshire countryside and in the great manufacturing cities of the West Riding.
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These photographs, along with quotations from the period, recall the time at the turn of the century when Yorkshire - along with the rest of the British Empire - was preparing to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Poverty was rife, and working and living conditions often harsh, especially in the Yorkshire countryside and in the great manufacturing cities of the West Riding.
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