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Question: What did the peasants do for ENTERTAINMENT during the Industrial Revolution!?
I can't find anything about what kind of entertainment they did!.!.!.
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It became common for factory workers to be given the Saturday afternoon off and in 1871 Bank Holidays were introduced!. Many people visited their local pub and drank heavily!. Others discovered new forms of entertainment including day excursions, football matches, music halls and circuses!.

Another very popular form of entertainment was the music halls!. All of the major cities had one, Birmingham and Liverpool had six each and London had 50!. A variety of shows were on including singers, comedians, magicians and acrobats!.

Another place that the whole family would enjoy visiting was the circus!. People could see amazing acts and things that they had never seen before!. Some famous circuses toured the whole of the country including the Barnum and Bailey’s circus!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The reality is that peasants worked such long hours to make ends meet and had such little money that they did little for entertainment!. Drinking probably would have been the major form of "entertainment", unless of course you count screwing, though as any Nazi, I mean christian, will tell you, sex is about procreation, not recreation, so this shouldn't count!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

much as we do now - drinking, f***ing and fighting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com