Lifestyle & Leisure
How have Londoners spent their free time? What’s a London way of living? Find out in these objects, stories and blogs.
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Class & Economics
Class & Economics
What were penny toys?
These colourful toys were sold on the streets by some of London’s poorest citizens
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
When London was swept up in balloon mania
Balloon ascents were all the rage in the late 1700s and 1800s
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Lifestyle & Leisure
Jumbo the Elephant
How a 19th-century animal celebrity gave us a massive new word
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Photography
Photography
A sidecar and horse-drawn cart pass gasworks near King's Cross (photograph)
Monck, Margaret, Monck, Margaret
1931-1940
Printed Ephemera
