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1. Ron Webb - childhood outings.
	Ron Webb recalls his childhood memories of days out organised by the local Labour Party.

2. Ted Driscoll - living conditions.
	Ted Driscoll recalls his childhood memories of living in a derelict block of flats and of always feeling cold.

3. 'The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters'.
	Extracts from Charles Dickens’ 'Our mutual friend', containing his vivid description of a public house, probably based on the The Grapes in...

4. 'Miss B'.
	An intriguing account from an 18th-century directory of Covent Garden prostitutes, listing the attractions and specialities of each.

5. 'I then asked'.
	Extract from Daniel Defoe’s 'Journal of the Plague Year'. In this passage, Defoe takes a trip to Greenwich with a waterman, who explains the...

6. 'He carried me to'.
	Extract from Daniel Defoe’s 'Journal of the Plague Year'. In this passage, Defoe takes a trip to Greenwich with a waterman, who explains the...

7. 'He'd throw me'.
	An alcoholic prostitute describes the extent of her dependence on drink.

8. 'I asked him'.
	Extract from Daniel Defoe’s 'Journal of the Plague Year'. In this passage, Defoe takes a trip to Greenwich with a waterman, who explains the...

9. 'A day in the life'.
	An example of a typical day in the life of a fictional docker, as would be told using cockney rhyming slang.


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