The mind boggles. Doesn't sound much different to life in the various
"informal housing" settlements adjacent to the cities & large towns in SA.
Alan C
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From: Bob W-PDML
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 9:47 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: Doré's London
On 29 Dec 2015, at 04:40, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
Thanks for that, Bob. Quite astonishing. He sure packs in the detail. I
wonder if London life really was that congested.
Well, my house is a 2-bedroom terraced property, built in 1896. 70 square
metres.
When it was built, what is now the bathroom would have been a 3rd bedroom as
the toilet would have been outside in the back yard, and the people would
have public washrooms.
The Booth poverty map describes the street as 'purple', meaning 'very poor,
casual chronic want'. A woman living here whom they interviewed, had been
here only a short time and had previously lived in a tent. Her family made
their living by scavenging tins from rubbish chutes and burning them to make
solder.
The centre of the street was 6-7 inches deep in mud and the surveyor
commented 'what it is like in winter is hard to imagine'.
The houses generally had 2 or 3 families living in them.
In the 1901 census my house was occupied by one family, consisting of 8
adult males, the adult mother and a daughter of about 8 years old.
B
-----Original Message----- From: Bob W-PDML
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 1:02 AM
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Subject: OT: Doré's London
I know engravings aren't photography, but they were pretty close for their
time. I've found this via a link from The Guardian, and what with everyone
feeling Christmassy and Dickensy it feels appropriate. A Victorian
Salgado:
http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/london-illustrations-by-gustave-dor
Technically, being able to see these on an iPad (i've saved them as
pictures) is a great experience because the detail is magnificent.
B
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