The old men were great. I didn't include the magistrate (the oldest magistrate in Islington, according to the newspaper) who said he blamed Highbury Barn for the shortage of domestic servants and the increase in infanticide. Women, he said, were enjoying their lives too much!
So interesting! Particularly like the illustration of 'the last new can-can' from The Day's Doing, so much movement! Sounds like a wild place, no wonder all the stuffy old men complained.
Very interesting. I lived close to Highbury Barn at one time but did not know it was a pleasure garden.
The old men were great. I didn't include the magistrate (the oldest magistrate in Islington, according to the newspaper) who said he blamed Highbury Barn for the shortage of domestic servants and the increase in infanticide. Women, he said, were enjoying their lives too much!
So interesting! Particularly like the illustration of 'the last new can-can' from The Day's Doing, so much movement! Sounds like a wild place, no wonder all the stuffy old men complained.