Cheapside 1823 Size:large An anthology of true stories

An anthology of true stories

one who is visibly malnourished with a child

Peter Ackroyd has a genius for digging out the most surprising and entertaining details

showing left to right: part of Westminster Bridge

bars and restaurants in London of architectural interest

Cheapside 1823 Size:large An anthology of true storiesCheapside, 1823. Coloured lithograph. General, bird's eye view of a busy street at Cheapside. Richard Rush, the American ambassador, wondered at the City's busy streets. He wrote in 1817 of the pavements 'crowded with people' and the 'coal waggons and others as large, carts, trucks, vehicles of every sort, loaded in every way . . . in two close lines, like great tides, going reverse ways, and reaching farther than the eye can see.'