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slight typo in 1911 Dickensian which claims that Dickens and his schoolfellows kept mice in their desk, as well as 'birds, bees and such small deer'
@greg_jenner it's basically Nelson Muntz, addicted to the 'ha ha' regardless of the context/content
@KelliHuggins suspect the overall look here is very much 'ballet girl' costume of the sort you might have seen in music hall/light entertainment at the time; not read this book but compare the costumes here
good tidings - I passed my PhD viva with minimal corrections ... hurrah! will spend the afternoon embossing 'Dr of Dickensland' on a brass nameplate
@KinondoniDsm I think it may have run the full length of the building around the top, but the photo shows the end part ... you can see it here, at the very top, too
another Punch cartoon about the middle-classes increasingly picking up music hall songs
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