Westminster stairs 1872 Size:extra large Many of these men would

Many of these men would have simply have been passing through the Square but drawn towards the sight of a slight middle aged woman on a political platform

Gin was one of the worst social evils of the eighteenth century despite attempts to discourage it by high taxation and legislative controls from 1751

Barges are moored on the river

A crowd gathered around an East End stationer and newsagents window where the latest edition of the Illustrated Police News has been displayed

Westminster stairs 1872 Size:extra large Many of these men wouldAn illustration of steam boats, full of Boat Race spectators, at Westminster Stairs, from 'London: a Pilgrimage' by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor, 1872. Jerrold questions: 'Is it possible that this tremendous rush along both banks of the river; this block of a dozen bridges, this unbroken water procession and these moving steamers massed to the funnels with humanity can all be provoked by a single contention among a score of University students?'