Comments on: Vinegar Valentines For Tradesmen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vinegar-valentines-for-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 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:52:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: maxime https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vinegar-valentines-for-tradesmen/#comment-1196530 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:52:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163911#comment-1196530 Lots of vitriol in days begone. Only the landed gentry were spared.

Can’t be pleasant times for vast majority. A boat to Van Dieman’s land seems almost tempting…

]]> By: Casey Peto https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vinegar-valentines-for-tradesmen/#comment-1195907 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:48:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163911#comment-1195907 wonderful pix.
typo: that is a puddler

]]> By: Judith Willson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vinegar-valentines-for-tradesmen/#comment-1195903 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:19:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163911#comment-1195903 Always interesting to catch a glimpse into these corners of the past. Your ‘peddler’ is actually a puddler though – the worker in an ironworks who ‘puddled’ brittle cast iron, transforming it into workable iron bars. The whole Industrial Revolution was pretty much founded on his skill, so the poor man really deserved better than a valentine like this!

]]> By: StephenJ https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vinegar-valentines-for-tradesmen/#comment-1195864 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:37:34 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163911#comment-1195864 I see the tax man, but surprised not to see a lawyer or politician…

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/13/vinegar-valentines-for-tradesmen/#comment-1195852 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:53:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163911#comment-1195852 At a rough count, cobblers seem to have a nose’s lead in the hate stakes over bricklayers and the Filth. I’m surprised the tax collector appears only once (though I suppose his financial prospects for a hopeful young lady appeared to be quite promising).

And where’s the night-soil man?

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