[COMPLETE] Wonderful London - Anonymous-ans

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » December 24th, 2023, 3:03 pm

And a happy Christmas, if you celebrate it, and, definitely, a happy new year to you.

The Vampire Bride is an interesting chapter about what seems to be a grand guignol-type theatre in the Limehouse area.

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » December 24th, 2023, 4:50 pm

Thank you, Peter. The same to you.
I was just settling in with The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel. I really enjoyed his book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts.

And a grand guignol theatre makes sense for the next chapter. I just couldn’t imagine what he would liken a vampire bride to. Definitely sounds interesting!

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » December 27th, 2023, 2:03 pm

And here we go: I've uploaded Chapter 24 (pdf 352-360 / text pages 327-335).

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » December 27th, 2023, 4:13 pm

Well, that was a fun listen, and now we finally know!

Chapter 24 is PL OK

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 2nd, 2024, 1:57 pm

Thanks, Laura ... and here's Chapter 25, with the nasty side of Limehouse: Jack's delight - pdf pages 361-368 / text pages 336-343

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » January 3rd, 2024, 10:46 am

Happy New Year, Peter.

It might have been Jack's Delight, but it didn't sound like such a pleasant place to be.

There's a small repeat ~11:22 "where his"

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 3rd, 2024, 10:55 am

Thanks, Laura ... and a Happy New Year to you, too.

Chapter 25 edited and re-uploaded.

Jolly Jack Tar getting rolled for nearly everything he has. The human race seems always to have had its unfair share of intraspecies predators.

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » January 3rd, 2024, 11:00 am

And chapter 25 is good to go.

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 4th, 2024, 9:48 am

Thank you, Laura. Here's the short chapter 26. "A police-court morning performance" pdf pages 369-375 / text pages 344-350

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » January 4th, 2024, 11:13 am

A spot for chapter 26 to check and see if it's okay:
~9:45 (text on pg 349) 'The prisoner, who was brought up on remand, was discharged for want of further evidence.'-- I hear demand for remand

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 4th, 2024, 12:39 pm

Corrected and re-uploaded.

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » January 4th, 2024, 1:13 pm

Chapter 26 is PL OK

The next chapter has an interesting title.

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 9th, 2024, 2:01 pm

Thanks, Laura. I've uploaded Chapter 27; Cockney cave-dwellers - pdf 376-382 / text 351-357. An interesting chapter! Covent Garden has certainly changed in 150 years.

A lucky coincidence: I occasionally watch the short youtube videos by "RobsLondon" about quirks of central London. A few days ago, I was watching one about "London's Narrowest Alley", which is off St Martin's Lane. There, at around five minutes, Rob shows an engraving by Gustav Dore (I couldn't get an acute accent with Notepad) of Dudley Street, which is the focus of our Chapter 27.

Peter

lvictoria · Post by **lvictoria** » January 10th, 2024, 5:02 am

Thanks for sharing, Peter. I love engravings by Gustave Doré and it was nice to have a drawing to go with this chapter. I enjoyed watching the video from Robslondon so much that I subscribed to the channel.

A very interesting Chapter 27 is PL OK.

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 12th, 2024, 1:23 pm

Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded chapter 28 - Madman's paradise pdf pages 383-390 / text pages 358-365

I do like Rob's little videos. I'm glad you like them, too. I think I started watching them more often after the one on cabmen's huts in London.

Peter