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Supper in a Hot Pie and Stewed Eel Saloon
Distinguishing feature of the Lambeth Walk are the eel and pie saloons, where you can get hot soup, hot pies and parsley sauce, or stewed eels and mashed at a penny, twopence or threepence. Often the whole family is taken.Source: Picture Post. December 31, 1938 Views: 2043 |
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'..Something that Fills You, and after all That's the Chief Thing'
Dieticians would gasp at the sight of small children polishing off large bowls of potato. But the eel-pie saloons supply a need for somthing hot and filling that is also cheap.
Taken from 'Life in the Lambeth Walk' Article.Source: Picture Post. December 31, 1938 Views: 1946 |
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Suffragettes' Campaign
Demonstration were held almost daily by women claiming equal rights with men. When arrested for breaking the law, many of them went on hunger strike.Source: The Story of Twenty-Five Years, 1935 Views: 811 |
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Suffragettes' Campaign
Demonstration were held almost daily by women claiming equal rights with men. When arrested for breaking the law, many of them went on hunger strike.Source: The Story of Twenty-Five Years, 1935 Views: 725 |
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The famous siege of Sidney Street, Jan 1911
Gunmen, resisting arrest, had barricaded themselves in 100, Sidney Street, and opened fire at the police. A detachment of Scots Guards and several hundred armed police were called out to capture them. Mr. Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, seen in the photograph directed operations.Source: The Story of Twenty-Five Years, 1935 Views: 905 |
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The famous siege of Sidney Street, Jan 1911
100 Sidney Street after the siege. The two gunmen were killed and several policemen were wounded. The ringleader of the gang, Peter the Painter, is believed to have escaped.Source: The Story of Twenty-Five Years, 1935 Views: 803 |
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