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A penny in the cap

In my last post I took a look at a group of people that populated London’s streets in the mid 1800s called Patterers. This was the heyday of the street merchant or costermonger. Alongside these were the street entertainer. I have to come clean, I loath street entertainers of the type you see today in… Continue reading A penny in the cap

Published 24th Mar 2023
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Entertainment, History, London
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