RKS Literature: The Scramble for a Living in London’s Street Markets (Henry Mayhew)

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“Each salesman tries his utmost to sell his wares, tempting the passers-by with his bargains. The boy with his stock of herbs offers ‘a double ‘andful of fine parsley for a penny;’ the man with a donkey cart filled with turnips has three lads to shout for him to their utmost with their ‘ Ho! Ho! Hi-i-hi. What do you think of this here? A penny a bunch-hurrah for free trade! Here’s your turnips!’. Until it is seen and heard, we have no sense of the scramble that is going on in London for a living”

Henry Mayhew (b1812d 1887) “The London Street Market on a Saturday Night”.

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Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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