London Labour and the London Poor Henry Mayhew By: Henry Mayhew

Author: David Timson
Narrated by: David Timson

David Timson introduces London Labour and the London Poor and its author Henry Mayhew, who in 1841 founded the satirical magazine Punch before his social conscience moved him to expose in his remarkable book the terrible poverty in London – then the richest city in the world.

3.3M	01-01 London Labour and the London Poor.mp3
1016K	01-02 1 Street-folk.mp3
4.7M	01-03 Street-folk Of wandering tribes in general.mp3
1.5M	01-04 Wandering tribes in this country.mp3
5.2M	01-05 Of the number of costermongers....mp3
3.1M	01-06 Of the varieties of street-folk in general....mp3
5.3M	01-07 Habits and amusements of costermongers.mp3
4.8M	01-08 The other amusements of this class....mp3
6.0M	01-09 Gambling of costermongers.mp3
5.3M	02-01 The 'Vic. Gallery'.mp3
2.7M	02-02 The politics of costermongers – policemen.mp3
2.4M	02-03 Marriage and concubinage of costermongers.mp3
2.3M	02-04 Religion of costermongers.mp3
3.6M	02-05 Of the uneducated state of costermongers.mp3
1.5M	02-06 Language of costermongers.mp3
908K	02-07 Of the nicknames of costermongers.mp3
1.1M	02-08 Of the education of costermongers' children.mp3
1.8M	02-09 The literature of costermongers.mp3
1.1M	02-10 Of the costermongers' capital.mp3
2.1M	02-11 Of the 'slang' weights and measures.mp3
2.5M	02-12 Of the boys of the costermongers....mp3
3.5M	02-13 Education of the 'coster-lads'.mp3
3.6M	02-14 The life of a coster-lad.mp3
2.4M	02-15 Of the 'penny gaff'.mp3
7.0M	03-01 The visitors, with a few exceptions....mp3
5.8M	03-02 Of the coster-girls.mp3
5.3M	03-03 The life of a coster-girl.mp3
6.1M	03-04 Of the homes of the costermongers.mp3
4.2M	03-05 Of the dress of the costermongers.mp3
1.8M	03-06 Of the diet and drink of costermongers.mp3
4.9M	03-07 Of the earnings of costermongers.mp3
972K	04-01 Of the capital and income....mp3
2.7M	04-02 Of the providence and improvidence....mp3
1.7M	04-03 Of the costermongers in bad weather....mp3
1.5M	04-04 Of the costermongers' raffles.mp3
2.4M	04-05 Of the tricks of costermongers.mp3
812K	04-06 2 Minorities.mp3
2.7M	04-07 Minorities Of the street-Irish.mp3
3.8M	04-08 Of the causes which have made the Irish....mp3
3.7M	04-09 How the street-Irish displanted the Jews....mp3
4.9M	04-10 Of the religion of the street-Irish.mp3
1.7M	04-11 Of the education, literature, amusements....mp3
6.4M	04-12 The homes of the street-Irish.mp3
2.2M	04-13 Irish lodging-houses for immigrants.mp3
5.6M	05-01 In one of the worst class of lodging-houses....mp3
4.6M	05-02 Of the diet, drink and expense of living....mp3
2.9M	05-03 Of the resources of the street-Irish....mp3
4.7M	05-04 Of the history of some Irish street-sellers.mp3
3.2M	05-05 Of the Irish 'refuse'-sellers.mp3
1.5M	05-06 The street-Jews.mp3
4.5M	05-07 Of the trades and localities of the street-Jews.mp3
6.0M	05-08 Of the Jew old-clothes men.mp3
2.0M	05-09 Of a Jew street-seller.mp3
4.3M	06-01 Of the Jew-boy street-sellers.mp3
2.4M	06-02 Of the pursuits, dwellings, traffic, etc.....mp3
2.8M	06-03 Of the street Jewesses and street Jew-girls.mp3
3.8M	06-04 Of the synagogues and the religion....mp3
3.0M	06-05 Of the politics, literature, and amusements....mp3
6.5M	06-06 Of the charities, schools, and education....mp3
5.1M	06-07 The Negro crossing-sweeper....mp3
2.4M	06-08 'The loss of my limbs is bad enough...'.mp3
5.7M	06-09 The Negro cook.mp3
848K	07-01 3 Voices of the poor The Employed....mp3
1.3M	07-02 Voices of the poor Street-sellers of 'wet' fish.mp3
3.7M	07-03 Street-sellers of 'wet' fish.mp3
3.6M	07-04 Street-sellers of sprats.mp3
3.7M	07-05 Street-sellers of shell-fish.mp3
856K	07-06 Street-sellers of fruit and vegetables.mp3
3.3M	07-07 Superior or 'aristocratic' vegetable-sellers.mp3
1.1M	07-08 Of the character of the street-stalls.mp3
4.3M	07-09 A fruit-stall keeper.mp3
660K	07-10 The London flower-girls.mp3
4.6M	07-11 Of two orphan flower-girls.mp3
1.9M	07-12 Of the life of a flower-girl....mp3
824K	07-13 The street-sellers of fried fish.mp3
5.7M	07-14 'Fishy' the trader in fried fish.mp3
772K	08-01 The street-sellers of baked potatoes.mp3
2.9M	08-02 A baked potato vendor.mp3
664K	08-03 The cats'- and dogs'-meat dealers.mp3
2.1M	08-04 A cats'-meat carrier.mp3
800K	08-05 Street-sellers of drinkables (coffee).mp3
4.1M	08-06 A coffee-vendor in a small way of business.mp3
2.2M	08-07 Sellers of hot-cross buns.mp3
2.7M	08-08 The muffin-man.mp3
792K	08-09 Street-orators.mp3
1.7M	08-10 Of running patterers.mp3
848K	08-11 The street-buyers.mp3
584K	08-12 Street-buyers of rags and bones.mp3
3.7M	08-13 The rag-and-bone man.mp3
748K	08-14 Street-sellers of second-hand articles.mp3
3.6M	08-15 Seller of second-hand metal-wares.mp3
940K	08-16 The 'pure'-finders.mp3
5.6M	08-17 A female 'pure'-finder.mp3
704K	08-18 The mud-larks.mp3
2.9M	08-19 A child mud-lark.mp3
5.1M	09-01 The experiences of a juvenile mud-lark.mp3
632K	09-02 Scavengers.mp3
5.4M	09-03 A 'regular scavager'.mp3
928K	09-04 Omnibus drivers and conductors.mp3
2.6M	09-05 An omnibus driver.mp3
3.0M	09-06 An omnibus conductor.mp3
900K	09-07 Carmen and porters.mp3
1.8M	09-08 Van driver.mp3
956K	09-09 Crossing-sweepers.mp3
2.1M	09-10 The old dame who supports a pensioner.mp3
3.6M	09-11 Mary, who had been a serving-maid.mp3
2.8M	09-12 At Christmas, I think I took about eleven shillings....mp3
3.8M	09-13 Gander, 'captain' of the boy crossing-sweepers.mp3
3.7M	09-14 'I wasn't working in a gang then...'.mp3
3.1M	10-01 The street where the boy-sweepers lodged.mp3
1.5M	10-02 The boy-sweepers' room.mp3
492K	10-03 Flushermen.mp3
3.7M	10-04 The flusherman who had been a seaman.mp3
784K	10-05 Cesspool-sewermen.mp3
2.4M	10-06 A cesspool-sewerman's statement.mp3
808K	10-07 Chimney-sweeps.mp3
3.2M	10-08 A 'knuller' or 'querier'.mp3
1.1M	10-09 Ballast-heavers and coal-whippers.mp3
3.7M	10-10 The meeting of the ballast-heavers' wives.mp3
580K	10-11 An infirm woman, approaching fifty years....mp3
3.9M	10-12 Asylum for the Houseless Poor.mp3
1.8M	10-13 The Asylum for the Houseless Poor.mp3
2.9M	10-14 A homeless painter.mp3
2.8M	10-15 A homeless carpenter.mp3
4.0M	10-16 A homeless tailor 802.mp3
904K	11-01 4 The london labour market....mp3
4.9M	11-02 The london labour market....mp3
5.0M	11-03 A tall Irishman of about 34 or 35....mp3
4.8M	11-04 These several causes, then, which could only....mp3
4.8M	11-05 Of over-work, as regards excessive labour....mp3
4.1M	11-06 'Almost all who work by the day...'.mp3
4.9M	11-07 Concerning this 'strapping' system....mp3
5.2M	11-08 One great promoter of the decrease....mp3
4.9M	12-01 Formerly throughout the kingdom....mp3
5.0M	12-02 My employer was a journeyman....mp3
4.8M	12-03 In the winter, by this means....mp3
4.3M	12-04 (On the table was a bundle of crape...).mp3
4.9M	12-05 'I am a native of Pesth...'.mp3
4.8M	12-06 The annual rate of increase among....mp3
5.4M	12-07 1831 Annual average number of criminals....mp3
2.2M	13-01 We have now, I believe, exhausted....mp3
6.0M	13-02 Of the casual labourers.mp3
4.4M	13-03 The effects of casual labour in general.mp3
5.4M	13-04 Of the scurf trade among the rubbish-carters.mp3
5.6M	13-05 '''Boy labour or thief labour,'' said a middleman...'.mp3
5.3M	13-06 The last mentioned of the several modes....mp3
5.5M	13-07 There is, moreover, the cheaper labour....mp3
484K	14-01 Skilled and unskilled.mp3
4.7M	14-02 'Garret-masters'.mp3
4.4M	14-03 The decline which has taken place....mp3
3.9M	14-04 But not only is it true that over-work....mp3
520K	14-05 Scavengers etc..mp3
4.5M	14-06 Scavengers.mp3
5.0M	14-07 There is only one mode of payment....mp3
4.9M	14-08 'Casual hands' among the scavengers.mp3
4.1M	14-09 In the city the men have to work very long hours....mp3
4.2M	14-10 When a scavager is out of employ....mp3
496K	15-01 Coal-heavers and dock labourers.mp3
4.6M	15-02 Coal-heavers and -whippers.mp3
5.4M	15-03 My informant tells me that he has frequently....mp3
6.6M	15-04 The machine is a large coal-scuttle....mp3
3.3M	15-05 Dock labourers.mp3
4.7M	15-06 The London Dock.mp3
3.6M	15-07 At trucking each man is said to go on....mp3
5.5M	15-08 At last the landlord flung the door wide open....mp3
5.4M	16-01 I have said that at one of the docks alone....mp3
4.4M	16-02 The man himself gives the following explanation....mp3
504K	16-03 The problem of low wages.mp3
5.1M	16-04 Review of the problem of low wages.mp3
4.4M	16-05 The indirect modes of remedying low wages....mp3
3.0M	16-06 This enumeration is as comprehensive....mp3
636K	16-07 5 Sights of london.mp3
4.7M	16-08 Sights of london Of the orange and nut....mp3
4.5M	16-09 Of London street-markets on a Saturday night.mp3
2.0M	16-10 The Sunday morning markets.mp3
2.8M	16-11 Of Covent-garden market.mp3
3.0M	17-01 Inside, the market all is bustle and confusion..mp3
5.0M	17-02 Of the Old Clothes Exchange.mp3
3.8M	17-03 The London Dock.mp3
3.0M	17-04 The West India Docks.mp3
5.6M	17-05 The St Katherine's Dock.mp3
1.1M	17-06 6 Culture and belief.mp3
5.7M	17-07 Culture and belief Punch.mp3
560K	17-08 They ain't whistles, but calls....mp3
5.0M	17-09 Punch talk.mp3
984K	17-10 Scene with two Punchmen.mp3
1.3M	17-11 The Punchman at the theatre.mp3
2.3M	17-12 The history of Punch.mp3
504K	18-01 Guy Fawkes.mp3
5.2M	18-02 Guy Fawkes (man).mp3
3.8M	18-03 'They always reckon me to be about...'.mp3
4.8M	18-04 Silly Billy.mp3
3.3M	18-05 Then the doctor turns to the crowd....mp3
3.2M	18-06 Of the experience of a street-bookseller.mp3
432K	18-07 Street-vocalists.mp3
3.9M	18-08 Street negro serenaders.mp3
3.9M	18-09 Statement of another Ethiopian serenader.mp3
4.6M	18-10 '''Did you ever see her broder Bill'''.mp3
1.4M	18-11 A standing patterer.mp3
4.6M	19-01 The wooden-legged sweeper.mp3
2.6M	19-02 Street-seller of saws.mp3
840K	19-03 7 The poor at home Poverty....mp3
5.1M	19-04 The poor at home Questionnaire....mp3
4.8M	19-05 Did their wives work.mp3
3.5M	19-06 Had they a change of dress.mp3
5.3M	19-07 Mayhew's survey of the inmates....mp3
4.8M	19-08 Knowing that this lodging-house....mp3
3.7M	19-09 After obtaining this information....mp3
3.4M	20-01 The question that I put to them after this was....mp3
5.8M	20-02 Of the life of a street-seller of dog-collars.mp3
1.7M	20-03 The home comforts of a cats'-meat carrier.mp3
6.1M	20-04 Street-seller of cutlery.mp3
620K	20-05 8 Paupers and criminals.mp3
4.2M	20-06 Paupers and criminals London vagrants.mp3
6.0M	20-07 The cause of the greater amount of vagrancy....mp3
5.6M	20-08 Characteristics of the various classes....mp3
4.4M	21-01 Of the original occupations or trades....mp3
3.6M	21-02 'My father,' he said, 'was a bricklayer...'.mp3
4.2M	21-03 Statement of a returned convict.mp3
3.5M	21-04 I was sentenced to 14 years' transportation..mp3
5.2M	21-05 Lives of the boy inmates....mp3
4.3M	21-06 Of the character of the vagrants....mp3
724K	21-07 9 Classification of the workers....mp3
5.0M	21-08 Classification of the workers....mp3
5.1M	21-09 Now, from the above it will appear....mp3
4.8M	22-01 10 Answers to correspondents.mp3
4.2M	22-02 Money donated for the London Poor.mp3
796K	22-03 A journeyman on coconuts.mp3
1.9M	22-04 The library of a model dwelling-house.mp3
1.6M	22-05 Free-trade and the working man.mp3
2.3M	22-06 A draper on surveying his trade.mp3
4.0M	22-07 The causes of prostitution.mp3
4.0M	22-08 The Coal-Whippers' Journal.mp3
540K	22-09 A letter from a bricklayer's labourer.mp3
3.5M	22-10 A debate about labour and capital....mp3
3.9M	22-11 The population question, in which F.B.B.....mp3
5.0M	22-12 Introduction.mp3
4.5M	23-01 Mayhew's brief in the letters....mp3
5.8M	23-02 Breakdown by marital status....mp3
3.4M	23-03 The bias towards the skilled worker....mp3
5.2M	23-04 ii Mayhew and the framework....mp3
5.4M	23-05 iii Mayhew and Utilitarianism.mp3
1.7M	23-06 iv Journalism.mp3
6.5M	23-07 v Social inquiry and social reform.mp3
2.4M	23-08 vi The Selection.mp3
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