When I was 15 I got my first proper job in the local fish and chip shop. With my Record of Achievement and newly minted National Insurance card I was interviewed and given a job that paid better than my daily newspaper round. Donning blue and white shirt and paper hat, I scooped chips and… Continue reading Smelling the Victorian chippy
I spent this weekend working on my conference paper for ‘Devouring: Food, Drink and the Written Word, 1880-1945‘. I decided that it was time to go through the Annual Reports of Toynbee Hall. Anybody who knows me will know that ‘Lucie doesn’t do numbers’. As a cultural historian I have tended to shy away from… Continue reading The Cost of Dining at Toynbee Hall
About a month ago I posted this request on the Victorian Listserv and I’ve decided to throw it out to the twittersphere. “I’ve recently started to think about what it meant to eat and dine in Toynbee Hall, the East London University settlement, and I’ve been wondering for a while whether the classes dined… Continue reading Eating and Dining in Toynbee Hall
Lucinda Matthews-Jones 