Comments on: Dicky Lumskul’s Ramble Through London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/ 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, 08 Aug 2017 11:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Tony Martin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1162122 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 11:42:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1162122 It does seem strange that Birmingham and Wolverhampton both get a mention, but nowhere else outside London. Coventry might have been worth a line for its silk weaving, perhaps?

]]> By: Larry spivack https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161604 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 20:55:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161604 So why do the first several lines sound like the Vicar of Bray redux?

]]> By: Penny Wythes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161562 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 13:08:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161562 Any idea where Birmingham was in London – and why manufacturing Bank Notes? I thought at this time they were actually issued by the banks, rather than the state.
Found a Birnham road near Crouch Hill, but doesn’t look like an old Road. Any ideas?

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161551 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:06:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161551 Interesting to see the old spelling of Romford in use –Rumford
Gary

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161548 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:13:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161548 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what a fun read! Old Mike Henbrey certainly knew London and its enterprises. After many trips to London, I was pleased to recognize so many locations. Thanks for the glossary.

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161544 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 09:33:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161544 Didn’t he sell junk bonds in Lombard Street? Re-invest dictators’ embezzlements from Canary Wharf?

]]> By: Julie Price https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161528 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:47:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161528 I loved reading this! I wonder if the saying “you’re going to come a cropper” is more horrific than I realised!

]]> By: Tony Martin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/08/04/dicky-lumskuls-ramble-through-london-x/#comment-1161522 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:01:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=159222#comment-1161522 Wolverhampton seems to be stretching London’s limits a little even today!

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