Comments on: The Dandy’s Perambulations https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/ 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, 10 Apr 2019 12:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279468 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:02:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279468 Delightful.

I wonder whose house that was at Turnham Green?

Thank you.

]]> By: Eleanor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279425 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:02:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279425 Pink managed to unlace his stays; imagine the relief!

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279170 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:56:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279170 Tee hee! What a jolly jape…

But I didn’t know that boneshaker ‘hobbies’ had been around that long – presumably they were the latest thing when the poem was written?

]]> By: Karen Chapman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279165 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:37:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279165 Dear GA,

Thank you, as always!

What a wonderful piece. I am only relieved that my perambulations do not create such drama. Who would be a dandy?

Kindest regards,

Mrs Chapman

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279158 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 13:08:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279158 Fine AND dandy, both. What a fun romp. I loved concluding with the exhausted fellow
on his granny’s lap……with the cat nearby undoubtedly thinking “Here we go again……”.
You’ve given us a treat “a la mode” — once more!
Thank you, GA.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279104 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:19:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279104 Pure delight! I like the details, like the bootjack in the first and last pictures.

And ‘ouch!’ those britches are so tight the poor man can seldom bend his legs! 😉

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279097 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:39:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279097 Greetings from Boston,

GA, such a delightful tale to tell. What surprised me was the appearance of bicycle-like contraptions so far back – the book was published in 1819.

]]> By: Bev https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279091 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:07:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279091 Really sweet – imagine bumping into geese and pigs on the way to the wilds of Kew!
Love the doting gran 🙂

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279061 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:52:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279061 What an absolute gem!

I love the tone of it – making fun but it’s kind too.
What a lovely insight into a day out on the ‘Like A Bike’s – no pedals!

]]> By: Hels https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/04/09/the-dandys-perambulations/#comment-1279035 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 03:39:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173541#comment-1279035 If dressing took 5 hours a day, even before his morning walk and lounge, we can assume that the dandy didn’t need to work at a job. Where did the money for the leisure-filled lifestyle come from?

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