What did poor people in Victorian England do for fun?
Music and dancing have always been popular with rich and poor alike, and were popular in the Victorian age too. People would go to dance halls, or make their own music and have dances anywhere they could find the space for them. More people then than now would know how to play a musical instrument, poor people would be less likely to have a piano or a violin than middle class people were, but they might play a concertina or a mouth organ or a banjo. Cards and dice have always been popular with rich and poor, and people would also play board games like draughts and dominoes. The Music Hall was a very popular form of entertainment at that time. It was cheaper than the regular theatre, and you could see a variety of different acts, singers, comedians, acrobats, conjurors, etc. It was one of the avenues of employment that could lead to fame and wealth for a few poor people. One of the most famous music halls stars for instance was Marie Lloyd, who was the daughter of a waiter and the oldes
