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London, Match Seller, Greenwich 1884
Photo ref:
L130116
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Selling a few icifers was all too often the pretext for begging. Bryant and May employed seven hundred girls to sell their matches on the streets. In 1888 these girls went on strike for better pay and conditions. Such a protect and threat to public order was rare amongst itinerant workers.
An extract from London Photographic Memories.
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