Dr Greg Robertsさんのイラストまとめ

It will come as no surprise to know that Whitehall was the place to go if you wanted to sharpen your knives, #London (1804)

(No change there then).

There is of course no truth in the rumour that Auld Lang Syne began with two Scotsmen arguing about whether to leave a tip in a Glasgow restaurant

A traditional English Christmas
3/4 Four scenes from London c.1750 which may resonate with how we celebrate Xmas today
Fast foward to the morning of Boxing Day where peace and goodwill is still in evidence, as a couple hand out gifts, with the lady putting a coin in a man's hat.

Charity Out Of Fashion
The perils of obtaining a Christmas Box in #London December 1794, a time when hostility and violence trumped kindness and consideration.
Good job things are not like that any more...

5 o'clock shadow
The clock at St Dunstan's indicates the end of another day in #London as folk make their way along the Strand near Temple Bar (1789)

Front Row Seats
A fascinating pencil sketch of some theatregoers waiting for their night's entertainment to begin, as featured in Punch, #London November 23rd 1889

TK Macks?
A shopping village but not as we know it - here is a lovely colourful rural scene in an unidentified Scottish village, recorded by Hosmer Shepherd as part of his celebration of the beauty of Scotland c.1829)

Scottish Mass Media
Take your pick between St John's or St Cuthbert's churches, for some thanksgiving whilst your order is being made up at the Box Packers opposite.
By Thomas Hosmer Shphered #Edinburgh (1828)

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
Not Clint Eastwood, but Mr Dakin a distributor of somewhat banal religious tracts, looking rather menacing in a field near Deptford.
Mr Dakin was not in fact lucky - because he met his maker following a railway accident at Greenwich on May 1st 1837

5/5 Last but best of all - Here is Wykeham Archer's portrait of a young apprentice who probably granted him access to the old Houndstich mansion for a glimpse of its interiors before sentence of death was performed #London 1844