LET’S TALLY UP NOW
THIS ALL STARTED with my recently perusing Mayhew’s London and his tale “Of the Tally Packman.” Mayhew writes of 19th-century London, “The pedlar tallyman is a hawker who supplies his … Continue reading
February 5, 2024 · 2 Comments
MUDLARKING—ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
A MUD LARK IS defined by Merriam-Webster as “a person who grubs in mud (as in search of stray bits of coal, iron, rope). specifically: an urchin who grubs for … Continue reading
August 28, 2021 · Leave a comment
MAYHEW’S COMESTIBLES
HENRY MAYHEW WAS A social researcher of London’s mid-nineteenth century. His works were collected in 1851 in London Labour and the London Poor, describing the working class of this largest … Continue reading
November 9, 2019 · 2 Comments
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