Identifier: londonlabourlond03mayh (find matches)
Title: London labour and the London poor; a cyclopædia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887 Tuckniss, William
Subjects: Working class Crime Prostitution Poor Charities
Publisher: London : Griffin, Bohn, and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ther served in India. It was after Iwas bom (and so was my other brother of 10)that the regiment was ordered over thei-e.Mother came up to England to see him off,and she has stopped in London ever since.Father lost a leg in the Punjaub war, and nowhe receives a pension of Is. a-day. Motherhad a very bad time of it whilst father wasaway; I dont know the reason why, butfather didnt send her any money. All hertime was taken up looking after us at home,so she couldnt do any work. The parishallowed her some money. She used to gofor some food every week. I can rememberwhen we were so hard up. We lived prin-cipally on bread and potatoes. At last mothertold Jim he had better go out in the streetsand play the bagpipes, to see what he couldpick up. Father had left some pipes behindhim, small ones, what he learnt to play upon.Jim wasnt dressed up in the Highland cos-tume as he is now. He did vei-y well the firsttime he went out; he took about 10*. or so.When mother saw that she was very pleased,
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« OLD SAEAH, THE WELL-KNOWN HUEDY-GUKDY PLAYER. (From a Daguerreotype ly Ceakd.) LGXUOX LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR. lUJ aud tlaought she had the Bank of Englandtumbled into her lap. Jim continued goingout every day untQ father came home. Afterfather lost his leg he came home again. Hehad been absent about eighteen months. Thepipers always go into action with the regi-ment. VMien they are going into the fieldthey play in front of the regiment, but whenthe fighting begins they go to the side. Henever talks about his wounJ. I never heardhim talk about it beyond just what Ive said ;as to how they go into war and play the regi-ment into the field. I never felt much curiosityto ask him about it, for Im out all day long anduntil about 10 oclock at night, and when Iget home Im too tired to talk; I never tliinkabout asking him how he was wounded. When father came home from India hebrought 10/. with him. He didnt get hispension not till he got his medal, and thatwas a good while after—about

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