I cannot find it now, but I read once of a period in Britain (or during similar industrial periods in other countries) that the layman (layperson) would work th

I cannot find it now, but I read once of a period in Britain (or during similar industrial periods in other countries) that the layman (layperson) would work their shift; upon arriving home, with some leisure left, sit and read books on mathematics, electricity, or philosophy. They would keep and maintain a garden, or tinker with projects around the home; building in private, exercising the mind in other pursuits.