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Male saddle-makers were paid
up to 40 shillings a week. But they could get away with paying
women just ten shillings. That was less than a third
of the wage needed to support a family in the 1890s. Exploiting women gave Walsall
saddle-makers a competitive edge and allowed them to produce
more saddlery at a cheaper rate. Dobell & Son in Liverpool couldn't
hope to compete in this market. So for Dobell & Sons, the options
are either you sack all the male saddle-makers, hire a load of women
and pay them peanuts, or you go into the top end
of the market. Yeah. So they are providing services
to the wealthy... Yes. ..and that's where you can manage
to find a niche in the market cos you can't compete with what's
being produced here in Walsall. Yeah, yeah. So it's quite clever
what they've done. Yes, yes
up to 40 shillings a week. But they could get away with paying
women just ten shillings. That was less than a third
of the wage needed to support a family in the 1890s. Exploiting women gave Walsall
saddle-makers a competitive edge and allowed them to produce
more saddlery at a cheaper rate. Dobell & Son in Liverpool couldn't
hope to compete in this market. So for Dobell & Sons, the options
are either you sack all the male saddle-makers, hire a load of women
and pay them peanuts, or you go into the top end
of the market. Yeah. So they are providing services
to the wealthy... Yes. ..and that's where you can manage
to find a niche in the market cos you can't compete with what's
being produced here in Walsall. Yeah, yeah. So it's quite clever
what they've done. Yes, yes
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Male saddle-makers were paid
up to 40 shillings a week.
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But they could get away with paying
women just ten shillings.
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That was less than a third
of the wage needed
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to support a family in the 1890s.
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Exploiting women gave Walsall
saddle-makers a competitive edge
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and allowed them to produce
more saddlery at a cheaper rate.
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Dobell & Son in Liverpool couldn't
hope to compete in this market.
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So for Dobell & Sons, the options
are either you sack all the male
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saddle-makers, hire a load of women
and pay them peanuts,
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or you go into the top end
of the market. Yeah.
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So they are providing services
to the wealthy... Yes.
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..and that's where you can manage
to find a niche in the market
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cos you can't compete with what's
being produced here in Walsall.
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Yeah, yeah. So it's quite clever
what they've done.
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Yes, yes.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
