https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/10/john-players-cries-of-london-1913/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/10/john-players-cries-of-london-1913/#comment-1317567 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:47:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177330#comment-1317567 Very interesting article on the Cries of London. One of the undoubtedly many places that “Water cresses” (no.10) was grown locally is in my current home town of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Grown in large quantity in the river Chess, it was moved down to London overnight for sale.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/10/john-players-cries-of-london-1913/#comment-1317444 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 08:40:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177330#comment-1317444 Am I right in thinking that these cards differ from some other ‘Cries’ series in that they locate the people in sometimes recognisable locations? ‘Lavender’, ‘Sand’ and ‘Cat’s-Meat’, for example, all look vaguely familiar – though of course they many be generic?

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