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The new coffee tavern at Bradford

Interior and exterior views of the new coffee tavern in Bradford, inaugurated by W. E Forster, M.P in 1879. The Coffee Tavern movement was a Victorian effort to get people out of pubs. Proposed by the Bradford councillor, alderman and magistrate, Frederick Priestman, the tavern was opened at the junction of Westgate, Ivegate and Kirkgate and was an immediate commercial success serving food as well as coffee. Within a few years there were 28 branches in the Bradford district but with over 400 licensed beer sellers in the area, how much of a sobering effect they had on the local population is debatable

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The General Post-Office, Southwark Bridge and Waterloo

The General Post-Office, Southwark Bridge and Waterloo Bridge. Stage coach in front of the General Post-Office in St. Martin's le Grand 64, view of Southwark Bridge built in 1819 by John Rennie 65 and Waterloo Bridge built in 1817 by John Rennie 66. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London, by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor, published by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, London, 1828. English sisters Ann and Jane Taylor were prolific Romantic poets and writers of children's books in the early 19th century

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Johnny Newcome drinking grog in the cockpit with other

Johnny Newcome drinking grog in the cockpit with other middys (midshipmen), HMS Victory. Sextants, pistols and muskets hang from hooks on the walls, a tub of grog on the floor. The Cockpit. Containing middy's birth, captain's store room, GR steward's room, hammocks, rope, chests. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams from John Mitford's Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London, 1819

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