Comments on: Cruikshank’s London Almanack, 1836 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/02/cruikshanks-london-almanack-1836/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:09:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Martyn Cornell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/02/cruikshanks-london-almanack-1836/#comment-137863 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:09:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=94945#comment-137863 Excellent example of the “doorpost chequers” (the classic visual indicator of licensed premises) on the Blue Last in October’s illustration: you can see the same thing in Hogarth’s “Beer Street”.

]]> By: Phil Maxwell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/02/cruikshanks-london-almanack-1836/#comment-130432 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:35:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=94945#comment-130432 Wonderful illustrations that reveal so much.

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/08/02/cruikshanks-london-almanack-1836/#comment-130377 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:23:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=94945#comment-130377 Love the wooden legs in Greenwich Park.

Anyone know what ‘transfer day at the bank’ is? What’s transfer day?

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