https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/13/cries-of-london-scraps-i/ 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, 13 Sep 2023 06:54:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/13/cries-of-london-scraps-i/#comment-1521407 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 06:54:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196902#comment-1521407 I am looking forward very much to your talk on Friday. I have also booked to visit Hoxton Hall, 195 Mare Street, a Roman amphitheatre and church crypt in Clerkenwell on Saturday. A full semi-weekend of interesting things!
The majority of scraps show traders in full cry. One of my favourite parts of the film of Lionel Bart’s Oliver, is how the director wove together all of the fictional street cries into the song “Who will buy?” I realise that it was a stylised pastiche, but it still appeals to me.

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