Comments on: Marcellus Laroon’s Cries Of London II https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/12/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-ii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Victoria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/12/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-ii/#comment-691218 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:04:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=125774#comment-691218 I always look forward the cries of london posts. They record such detail of trade and provisions that are not readily captured elsewhere.

]]> By: naguere https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/12/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-ii/#comment-686369 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:02:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=125774#comment-686369 What a hard life for them…

A short while ago whilst staying in South Korea, lying in my simple hotel bed you could in the early early morning such cries, as vendors went about the street. Very haunting it was.

]]> By: Donald Parsnips https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/12/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-ii/#comment-686235 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:05:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=125774#comment-686235 The long glass funnel is for making music . Apparently no ‘singing glasses’ like this survive intact .

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/12/marcellus-laroons-cries-of-london-ii/#comment-686065 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:13:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=125774#comment-686065 I wonder what the four feet long glass funnel was used for ?

Gary

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