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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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NnoN SCHOOL HOARD OFFICES. (See/>ag-e 2^6.) between the two bridges had become a completefair. Thousands of persons were seen movingin all directions; about thirty booths were erectedfor the .sale of porter, spirits, &c., as well as forskittles, dancing, and other diversions. Severalprinters had i^resses on the ice, and pulled offvarious impressions, for which they found a veryrapid sale. So long a continuance of cold weatherhas seldom been experienced in pur climate.Cyrus Redding vcronls in his Iifty Years with snow and ice, and the well and ill-clad spec-tators, as they were then combined, were amusingnovelties. A cotemporary account states, with minute pre-cision, that on the morning of Sunday, the 30th ofJanuary, 1814, huge masses of ice quite blockedup the Thames between London and BlackfriarsBridges, and that no less than seventy ))crsonswalked across from Queenhithe to the oppositesliore. On the same niuhi the frost so welded ihti The Thames.) THE RIVER FROZEN AGAIN. 319
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320 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (The Thames. vast mass together into one compact field as torender it almost immovable by the tide. OnTuesday the river presented a solid surface fromBlackfriars Bridge to some distance below ThreeCrane Stairs, and thousands perambulated thenigged plain, whereon a variety of amusementswas provided. Among the more curious of these,continues the account, was the ceremony ofroasting a small sheep : for a view of this extra-ordinary spectacle sixpence was demanded andwillingly paid. The delicate meat, when done,was sold at a shilling a slice, and termed Laplandmutton. There were set up a great number ofbooths, ornamented with streamers, flags, and signs,and within them was a plentiful supply of favouriteluxuries. Near Blackfriars Bridge, however, theice was not equally secure; for a plumber, namedDavies, having imprudently ventured to cross withsome lead in his hands, sank between two masses,and was seen no more. Two young -women, too^nearly shared the same fate, b

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