If the parks be “the lungs of London” we wonder what Greenwich Fair is – a periodical breaking out, we suppose — a sort of spring rash.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Greenwich Fair
If the parks be “the lungs of London” we wonder what Greenwich Fair is – a periodical breaking out, we suppose — a sort of spring rash.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Greenwich Fair
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This had me looking up Greenwich Fair, and I found this.
https://victorianweb.org/history/london/greenwichfair.html
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sounds like a pretty riotous time.
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