@Knowledgepoint Visit Wilkes Street in Spitalfields you will find some great examples of knockers look out for the โhandsโ of the Huguenot Silk Weavers.
@The_East_End@DawnNeesom If you look at the top right of the etching you can see the figure of the Boy of Gluttony (allegedly started the Great Fire) you can find him in the same spot today at Cock Lane outside an office block.
Founded by the proprietor of the Globe newspaper Capt George Armstrong (later the Baronet, Sir George) in January 1875, the Cabmen's Shelter Fund opened with great ceremony its first Shelter on Acacia Road, St John's Wood on this day one hundred and fifty years ago, 6th Feb 1875.