Comments on: Vinegar Valentines For Bad Tradesmen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/07/vinegar-valentines-for-bad-tradesmen/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Peggy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/07/vinegar-valentines-for-bad-tradesmen/#comment-981387 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 15:26:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136171#comment-981387 Dear Gentle Author,

How I love this BLOG, only one I read!

A question; does any one see something a bit odd in the several black noses shown? Could this be an illusion to syphilis which attacks and destroys the nose? Particularly the trunk maker, that is not a normal nose.

Fun fact. Sailors were not bow legged nor did they splay their legs for balance. According to THE FLOATING BROTHEL by Sian Rees, sailors walked with legs akimbo because their breeches, washed in sea water, irritated their inner thighs. Therefore a rainy day was also a blessed wash day.

Many thanks for the marvelous and inspiring info on Spitalfields
Peggy

]]> By: Denise https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/07/07/vinegar-valentines-for-bad-tradesmen/#comment-981322 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:25:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=136171#comment-981322 The images in the collection of Mike Henbrey are historically significant .

Why is the working class seen to be sub – human and the butt of derision ?
The satirical drawings of Daumier and Hogarth do not debase workers .
There is a respect for humanity in much of their work .
All of society is in their focus and this is how it should be .

I see no humanity in these illustrations .
The working class of 2015 is being reduced to this awfulness by the Tories and
their masters .

And , yes , I do possess a polished sense of the ridiculous .

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