Comments on: Henry Mayhew’s Street Traders https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/15/henry-mayhews-street-traders-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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Jeremy bell https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/15/henry-mayhews-street-traders-i/#comment-1924479 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:52:42 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196912#comment-1924479 I was going to plough through Mayhew’s London but you have sifted all the best bits out and given lots more links. So grateful for your research!
Cheers
Bro. Hogarth

]]> By: ada https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/15/henry-mayhews-street-traders-i/#comment-1521600 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:34:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196912#comment-1521600 Thanks for these stories. I live in the US but my grandmother was born in Lambeth. Her father and others in the family were bricklayers. The family emigrated to Canada in 1909. I’ve wondered where in London he did his work – did he do brickwork at the Crystal Palace?

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/15/henry-mayhews-street-traders-i/#comment-1521591 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:16:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196912#comment-1521591 Exciting background stories about the street traders 150 years ago. Thanks to the realistic illustrations, they seem as if they just happened yesterday. 

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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