Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 29
‘Many myths and ‘factoids’ appear on the web and in print. They are often incorrect…’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty…
30 days of filth
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 28
‘In the previous arrangement, no-one cared how many friends and family shared a room – nor even pigs. The cost of accommodation for any…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 26
‘The Lady’s Newspaper, keen to plug a new shopping street, waxed lyrical: ‘the most loathsome of the haunts of vice and infamy … St. Giles converted…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 25
‘The idea that women – particularly respectable women – might want or need purpose-built public toilets, on the streets of the capital, was considered a nonsense. Those in…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 19
‘Flanking one side of the yard were a score or so of upreared dustcarts, and on the other side, extending almost from the outer…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 16
‘Respectable householders and shopkeepers regularly wrote letters to the parish authorities, describing disused doorways or entrances being used as ‘urinals’, citing the offence to…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 15
‘Remember, a filthy person indicates filthy habits; dirty in his apartments, he will be dirty in his mind; profligate in his amusements, unfit for…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 14
‘There was something of the fairground sideshow about this supposedly educational experience.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals the background to Dirty Old London: The…
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 12
‘The disease was much feared. There was no known treatment; no obvious cause; symptoms were hideous; visitations sudden and frequently fatal.’ Throughout this month,…