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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... free. But I must tell you this story; it is true. A woman bought a pound of pork, out of which she made fourteen flour-and-water dumplings on consecutive days, and served two slices for Sunday dinner. She was indeed a clever woman !. It was something even to get the flavour of sausage in those days. Tea was then 4 DEGREESd. an oz., and brown coarse sugar 4d. We never had jam, and we used to look upon rice as a luxury. Eggs were cheaper then, and herrings were good, but we had no money to buy them. Coal was gd. a bushel, but we used to burn turf. We used oat flights for beds. We used blankets when we were fortunate enough to get them given us by the parish." CHAPTER III. PROTECTION IN SOUTH-EASTERN ENGLAND The letters from bouth-eastern DEGREES England are of a specially depressing character, owing perhaps to the purely agricultural nature of the country. We could have wished for more evidence as to the condition of the people in the hop-country when David Copperfield trudged through it to Dover; but Kent says little. Perhaps in the immediate neighbourhood of the London labour market things may have been slightly better than in most parts of the county. But, if better, they can have been only slightly so; for even in London wages were low, and it was even less easy to find turnips and other substitutes for bread than farther afield. It will be seen that one of our letters refers to both the counties of Hants and Wilts. Wiltshire does not of course belong to this chapter, but we have kept this particular letter among the others containing Hampshire evidence. "L. S." gives us some insight into social conditions and prices in the county of Essex. He says: "In answer to yours in the Christian World upon the question of Protection in the bad old times, I can tell you a little. Born...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151540492
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 44
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151540498
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 95 gr

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