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All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.
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Jane Vobe, b. 1775 The fifth of six children of a pauper family, Jane Vobe was cared for by her parish for six years, until she ran away from her apprenticeship. Family and Early Life Jane Vobe, the daughter of Jane and Thomas Vobe, was born in the parish of St Martin in the Fields […]
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