These are exciting times to be living in! Thousands of miles of railways are being built all over Victorian England and there is a massive demand for workers to lay the tracks.These are exciting times to be living in! Thousands of miles of railways are being built all over Victorian England and there is a massive demand for workers to lay the tracks.
Why not be part of this exciting new project and become a Navvy (Inland Navigator)?
After just a few weeks of pushing wheelbarrows full of rocks you will have muscles that will make women swoon. Not that you will have the chance to meet any, of course!
There is also plenty of excitement in the job - tunnels will have to be blasted through hills using dynamite, which is so dangerous that you will often wake up in the morning not knowing whether you will be alive by the end of the day! Not to worry, though: if you are killed, your boss will give your wife £5 compensation.
A pint of peer and a slab of beef is provided each day, and don't worry about getting lonely in the evening: you will sleep in a large hut with all the other workers. Because your back would suffer from a soft bed, your employer has kindly arranged that you will sleep on the floor.