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from London: A Biography
Sep. 25th, 2008 12:28 pmI'm still reading Peter Ackroyd's London, and this made me laugh out loud.
Speaking of some alleys: "their conditions were generally described as "noysome" which, in the context of sixteenth-century London, suggests a degree of nastiness which is perhaps not now imaginable." (pg 459).
Earlier, I quite loved reading that "A woman in Whitechapel told an investigator that, when moving house, it was customary to swing the cat around one room in order to induce it to stay." (pg 203). That one gave me a whole new appreciation for the phrase "not even room to swing a cat" as it would apply to apartment living.
Speaking of some alleys: "their conditions were generally described as "noysome" which, in the context of sixteenth-century London, suggests a degree of nastiness which is perhaps not now imaginable." (pg 459).
Earlier, I quite loved reading that "A woman in Whitechapel told an investigator that, when moving house, it was customary to swing the cat around one room in order to induce it to stay." (pg 203). That one gave me a whole new appreciation for the phrase "not even room to swing a cat" as it would apply to apartment living.
