Victorian Walk - Revision history

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		+	Bank managers were highly respected members of the community. Bank accounts were primarily for businesses and the rich. The poor were paid weekly in cash that barely lasted seven days. Small savings for Christmas and weddings could be placed in a Post Office Savings or National Penny Bank. They accepted deposits from a penny upwards.
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	===Pawnbroker===		===Pawnbroker===
		+	Pawnbrokers, referred to as 'uncle', were the poor person's bank. Clothing and jewelry were handed over in exchange for a loan. If the loan was not repaid in a year, the pawnbroker could sell the goods. By 1900, there were over 700 pawnbrokers in London. Forfeited articles for sale in the window in the picture include Sunday best clothes, wedding gifts, and ornaments.
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		+	Many stationers manufactured popular fancy stationery like handmade Christmas, Valentine, and greeting cards. Their shops were like newsagents today. They sold newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, and stationery. Daily papers were widely read in London, especially the ''Daily Telegraph'' and ''Daily Mail''.
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		+	Tailors catered to white collar office workers. Clients first selected a length of material. The tailor measured them, prepared a paper pattern and cut the cloth. He gave the pieces to an outworker or assistant to stitch together on a sewing machine. Poor Londoners had nothing tailor made, but bought used clothes from shops and markets.
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		+	Respectable women in Victorian London always covered their heads outdoors. At the milliner's they bought hats, bonnets, and caps, as well as artificial flowers, feathers, ribbons, and lace to decorate or trim them. Following Paris, fashions changed frequently. Milliners would clean and redesign hats to suit the latest taste.
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 ==Overview==
-The Victorian Walk is an exhibit at the Museum of London that takes you through the streets during the Victorian Era in London. The walk brings you past multiple different streets with shops lined up along each side of the street. There is music playing in the background that replays the sounds from walking through the busy streets.
+The Victorian Walk is an exhibit at the [[Museum of London]] that takes you through the streets during the Victorian Era in London. The walk brings you past multiple different streets with shops lined up along each side of the street. There is music playing in the background that replays the sounds from walking through the busy streets.
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	===Pharmacy===		===Pharmacy===
		+	For those too poor to pay for a doctor, the pharmacist prepared pills and powders, or sold pre-packaged 'patent' remedies. The herbs and chemicals he mixed together were stored in tiny drawers behind the counter. Poisonous liquids were kept in dark green or blue glass bottles with fluted side to distinguish them from harmless fluids.
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	===Grocer===		===Grocer===
		+	Grocers like Fred Bugg in Bayswater sold the essentials of daily life. Tea, flour, sugar, and rice were drawn from large containers, then weighed and wrapped for customers. Grocers also sold firewood and parafiin, and for the first time, canned and processed foods like condensed milk and tinned fish. They often lived above their shops. Grocers worked weekdays and late into the evening on Saturdays, when workers came to the shop after being paid their wages.
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	===Baker's Cart===		===Baker's Cart===
		+	The cries of bakers and dairymen were a familiar sound on London's streets. They pushed handcarts, selling bread and milk and delivering their wares to private homes.
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