[COMPLETE] London Labour etc., Vol 1 -Mayhew-ans

GillH · Post by **GillH** » July 22nd, 2018, 11:17 am

Yes, sorry! Must have been checking for new recordings on this thread and made the mistake with my own recording.

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » August 2nd, 2018, 11:30 am

I'm sorry about the delay; here's section 54. It's a long one, as it finishes a major section of the book.

Section 54 From "Of the probable means of reformation..." - PDF 350-358 / text 315-323

Total so far, approx. 34:04:27

Section 55 is from "Of the Street Sellers of Manufactured Articles", PDF 358/text 323

Peter

GillH · Post by **GillH** » August 5th, 2018, 11:20 pm

PL for Section 54
1:58 a swallow at the beginning of "and so they arrive at the conclusion..." p315 2nd column, middle of second full paragraph.
14:30 "domicile" said for "domiciles" p317 2nd column, towards end of 2nd last full paragraph.
(21:00 perhaps add a "quote" before this final paragraph, p318 2nd column, and an "end quote" at 28:12)
21:04 missing "much of my attention" at beginning of this quote, p318 2nd column, final paragraph
34:46 repeat of "principle-less" p320 2nd column, 10 lines from bottom

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » August 6th, 2018, 12:06 am

Thanks, Gill,
I've uploaded the corrected file for section 54.

I've not added the quote/unquote at 21.00-28.10 that you suggested. I don't think that I've used quote/unquote anywhere else in the recording, and I did try to give the speaker a slightly more "affected" or educated voice than the narrator. But do say if you think that the separation is essential, and I'll rerecord the paragraph with a more pronounced different voice.

I couldn't hear the swallow at 1.58, but I've deamplified the silence by 20dB. Has that cleared it?

Peter

GillH · Post by **GillH** » August 6th, 2018, 3:13 am

Perfect, Peter. Section 54 PL OK!

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » August 14th, 2018, 5:10 am

Thanks, Gill; here's section 55.

We're getting errata again:

Page 325, end of second paragraph in column 2.
(13.44) "... we find £780 expended in the street-sold hardwares." (becomes £3,900)

page 329, in the second to last paragraph in the section (before "The Crippled Street-Seller of Nutmeg-Graters")
(39.45) "... this amounts to £3,500 additional; " (becomes £13,500)
(39.51) "... comes to £700." (becomes £2700)
(39.59) "... profits of the 100 cheap Johns £25,000, or £250 a man." (becomes £20,700 and £207)

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Total so far: 34:44:52

Section 56 will be from "Crippled Street-Seller of Nutmeg Graters", col 2, p 329

Peter

GillH · Post by **GillH** » August 16th, 2018, 2:52 am

PL for Section 55
Some missing words which don't change the sense etc. so could be left as is.
14:02 missing £snuffers” before “knives and forks” p 325 2nd column, final paragraph.
15:29, 15:38, 16:12, (16:42), 18:45, 19:57, 20:29, 33:02, 35:00 A few clicks
24:42 Missing “Here” before “I’ll add half-a-dozen” p327 1st column, 4 lines from bottom
32:58 Missing sentence “The furniture consists of … p328 2nd column, final paragraph

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » August 16th, 2018, 10:56 pm

Thanks, Gill. I've edited all the text corrections. I've edited a few of the clicks, but I couldn't detect some of them (and they'll have moved a bit because of the editing, so I may have missed them), so I'm afraid they'll just have to stay in.

If I do eventually put this project up onto audible, to foil the resellers, I'll go through the whole thing again with headphones, checking quality. I hope to clear any clicks then.

Peter

GillH · Post by **GillH** » August 17th, 2018, 12:44 am

Section 55 PL OK!

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » September 17th, 2018, 4:15 am

Thanks, Gill. I've uploaded section 56.

Section 56 From "Crippled Street-Seller of Nutmeg Graters", col 2, p 329 PDF 366-373 text 329-336

Section 57 to start at "Of the Life of a Cheap John" col 2, pdf 373 / text 336

Total so far, approx. 35:30:15

How are you enjoying volume two?

Peter

GillH · Post by **GillH** » September 18th, 2018, 5:32 am

It's fabulous! So interesting. So heart-breaking, most of the time, too.
I especially "enjoyed" learning about the horse and livestock droppings …

GillH · Post by **GillH** » September 18th, 2018, 6:46 am

PL for Section 56:

[0: - 0:11 several clicks]
7:12 louder click after “to get my living” 8 lines form bottom of p330 2nd column
21:52 very loud click on “who make” after “small masters” p333, 12 lines from bottom 1st column
26:40 click at “Crystal Palace” p334 1st column near end of first paragraph, and a “thump” at 26:45 at the end of that sentence “English”.
(28:09 little click after “razors” in list p334 1st column, 17 lines from bottom.)
34:45-46 bumps before the list “Table Cutlery” p335, bottom of 1st column.
36:57 swallow before and at “Then some dials and clocks” p335, 11th line of 1st paragraph in 2nd column
45:01 – 02 some background noise (talking?) before final paragraph.

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » September 21st, 2018, 1:15 am

Thanks, Gill,
Section 56 edited and uploaded. I've generally deamplified the areas you noted, but couldn't see more than a couple of clicks in the introduction (and removed them), so that bit's relatively untouched.

Peter

GillH · Post by **GillH** » September 21st, 2018, 8:45 am

Section 56 PL OK!

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » September 22nd, 2018, 11:42 am

Thanks, Gill.

I've uploaded section 57.

Section 57 From "Of the Life of a Cheap John" PDF 373-377 / text 336-340

Total so far approx. 35:56:36

Section 58 starts at "Of the Blind Street-Sellers of Tailors' Needles", col 2, page 377/340

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EDIT: I'm glad you and your DPL are enjoying volume 2. What an awful world we lived in .. and are living in. We don't see the underside of life. This really is the complement to Jack London's People of the Abyss that I read for LV a few years ago .... people surviving by picking up scraps of food from the pavements and gutters!

Peter