SOCIAL PRACTICIANS OF PROVISION OF PENSIONS OF ENGLISH WORKERS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY
In this article on the bases of the material of Royal Commission, surveys and memoirs of contemporaries the problem of pension provision of British workers during and their social and economic status is discussed in the second half of the XIX century. The article also presents the analysis of social work practice to help workers at the retirement age. Article is executed in the new actual direction of historical researches – age stories.Article is executed in the new actual direction of historical researches – age stories. It is shown that improvement of life of bulk of the population transforms consciousness of the Victorian society, after the carried-out social reforms of 1860-1880 the poverty problem isn´t the main conscious problem of the Victorian society any more. The problem of social security of English workers of a retirement age wasn´t solved at the end of the XIX century, despite a row existing social the practician of the help to pensioners. The skilled workers who entered trade unions or cash desks of mutual aid were the most protected, other groups of workers were compelled, seeking not to get to a work-house, to address to the help of relatives, friends, the charitable organizations.