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From: "Kate Martinson" <>
Subject: Re: Non-gen :Re: Just out of interest
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:50:00 -0000
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I've got better things to do than reply to this sort of rubbish.

Kate

----- Original Message -----
From: Gilda <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Non-gen :Re: Just out of interest


> Kate,
> I didn't mention 'thief' and if you take the time to look in the 1881
> census, you will see that there were over 60 who gave their occupation as
> prostitutes in the Greater London area alone, about 17 of these in private
> dwellings, the others being in the custody of the authorities or patients.
> I also never mentioned disability or the loss of parents - you gave
> prostitution and begging as alternatives to domestic service.
> Unfortunately, not everybody is in the seemingly privileged position as
you
> obviously are. If it weren't for the 'working class' performing the menial
> tasks, like stacking the shelves in Tesco (another insult from you to
those
> who do!!), you would probably have to bend to pick you groceries up off
the
> floor and that would never do.
> You go and get your head stuck back in your books and leave the real world
> to others.
> GJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kate Martinson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Non-gen :Re: Just out of interest
>
>
> > Gilda,
> >
> > If you were a prostitute or a thief, would you tell the census
enumerator
> > that?????
> >
> > I suggest you read Mayhew's "London Labour and the London Poor" to get
an
> > accurate picture of what fate awaited you should you suffer a minor
> > disability or lost your parents through an influenza outbreak. Of
course
> > there were benevolent employers who treated their employees with respect
> but
> > I'd rather stack shelves in Tesco than go into service.
> >
> > Kate
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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