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Nautikos
I shall deal with the activities of the bone collectors ; which were on a truly staggering scale! in a later post
posted by
ariel70
on January 26, 2007 at 12:36 AM
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Ariel
some time in the sixties, on one of my trips to London, there was in that neighbourhood still a 'rag and bones' man cruising the streets occasionally, kind of a relic of a hundred years earlier...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 25, 2007 at 3:55 PM
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Rich
Thank you.
I live in Andalucia now. There'll be much more about the London poor in future posts.
This seems to have struck a chord with a lot of ppeople in here. History is important, and should be entertaining
posted by
ariel70
on January 25, 2007 at 6:05 AM
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ariel,
Thanks a million for the history of London in the 1800s. Dad was born in London in 1911. He was with the British Army and was posted to Malaysia ( Malaya ) during the 2nd world war and after the Japanese surrendered, dad stayed on. I am considered a Malaysian citizen now. I hope to visit London when I retire. Be reading more about your post on London.
posted by
richinstore
on January 25, 2007 at 6:00 AM
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Passion
Thanks fro dropping in. It's quite a dismal image, isn't it?
Mangy Old Dog
posted by
ariel70
on January 25, 2007 at 12:12 AM
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ODDY
You raise an interesting point about revolution, and I did intend to mention this more or less en passant, but now I think I shall cover it in greater detail.
Thank you for the heads up!
posted by
ariel70
on January 25, 2007 at 12:11 AM
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Rumored
Thank you, indeed it is a fascinating subject, isn't it?
posted by
ariel70
on January 25, 2007 at 12:10 AM
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Babe
I wasn't going to, but I will now!
Thanks for the mental prod!
posted by
ariel70
on January 25, 2007 at 12:09 AM
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I hope you're going to write about the body snatchers :)
posted by
babe_rocks
on January 24, 2007 at 8:34 PM
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ariel, I always enjoyed history in school..your writeups are an adventure
to me..
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if I'd gone into teaching, I'm sure it would have been history or English.....
posted by
Rumor
on January 24, 2007 at 6:01 PM
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It is so amazing that England avoided social revolution on the same scale
as occurred elsewhere.....especially with such poverty
posted by
telemachus
on January 24, 2007 at 3:51 PM
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Quite interesting info...Thanks for the great history lessons...
I also thought your photo was well appropriate.
posted by
Passionflower
on January 24, 2007 at 12:32 PM
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TAPS
THank you.
Oh, by the time I'm finished with it, it will probably be a bookLOL
WE have a duty to know how our acestors lived.
posted by
ariel70
on January 24, 2007 at 12:31 PM
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Ariel
Oh how I wish this were a book. I would run out and buy it so that I could keep reading to the end. What a wonderful job you are doing. My Dad's ancestors came to the US from England around that time. I really do not know how well to do (or poor) they were, but you are making me wonder more than I ever did before. I do know that all of them since they arrived in N. Carolina and gradually spread out through TN then OK have been hard working people looking down on slackers and takers.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 24, 2007 at 12:27 PM
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Tony
Enough scavengers on tips as it is!
Trouble is they collect your bank details first, don't they?
posted by
ariel70
on January 24, 2007 at 12:24 PM
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I need some extra money - I'll be looking for some (rubbish) tips!
posted by
Antonionioni
on January 24, 2007 at 12:22 PM
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Sir
I'm looking forward to hearing more on the scavengers.
posted by
Presley
on January 24, 2007 at 11:57 AM
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