You Could Get A Job In Britain As A Poo Collector...

Being a kid today can be tough, but spare a thought for Victorian children! One of the jobs (Yup, they had jobs, and they were rubbish ones) open to poor Victorian kids was helping the night soil Man. What's night soil? Why, it's poo! Before they had proper plumbing, poo would pile up in a cesspit under your privy until the night soil man arrived with his cart to take it away! It was called night soil partly because the task was done at night, to be more discreet, and partly because the Victorians didn't like saying poo! Poo!