Comments on: John Thomas Smith’s Vagabondiana III

By: Professor David Rideout

Professor David Rideout — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:19:37 +0000

You can still buy a version of saloop ( which those who drink it today call salep) at some Persian or Turkish grocers. It’s sold as a powder and is supposed to be made of powdered crocus bulbs, but I suspect that the powder sold today contains very little crocus extract. It doesn’t have much flavour, so some people add a flavouring to the drink.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:23:21 +0000

Now that you have aroused my interest please can I have the receipe for Saloop.
The basket maker reminds me of a basket maker named Lapidus who used to make baskets in a work shop in Arnold Circus in the 1950’s
Gary

By: Jeremy Freedman

Jeremy Freedman — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:25:31 +0000

to quote Chris Dyson…. .”inspirational great stuff”
thank you.

By: chris dyson

chris dyson — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:04:16 +0000

Wonderful etchings the intensity detail achieved by working the lines, as if in a sculptural manner, bringing the human form and expression to life springing the lives of those captured to a crystal and yet romantic reality….inspirational great stuff thankyou again!

By: Paul Bommer

Paul Bommer — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:38:54 +0000

These are extraordinary Portraits, capturing both the Colour and the Severity of scratching a Living upon the London streets in days gone by. And the Language is delicious -‘I have Screenes if you desier to keepe yr Buty from ye fire’ and ‘acrimony in the juices’ are particularly rich! Thank you Gentle Author for bringing these Souls to light.