tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3987315318744386018..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Victorian Working Women - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-24361957663958744342012-06-08T14:44:45.590+01:002012-06-08T14:44:45.590+01:00Such delightful information ... perfect tidbits fo...Such delightful information ... perfect tidbits for a book I am writing :)Mary Todhttp://www.awriterofhistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62291371494856368312012-06-07T16:28:37.115+01:002012-06-07T16:28:37.115+01:00I think this wonderful post really underlines the ...I think this wonderful post really underlines the way in which myths about the Victorians have been made for us - and ideas about 'a woman's place' are just way off beam. Like the fact that Saxon monarchs were elected, I think this kind of knowledge is an excellent counterargument to those who view women NOT working as somehow part of 'the natural order of things.'Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31792040330241254412012-06-07T14:39:05.686+01:002012-06-07T14:39:05.686+01:00Guildhall Library is still open 9.30-5.00 Monday-S...Guildhall Library is still open 9.30-5.00 Monday-Saturday for access to our printed book collection and some archive collections. <br /><br />Before the bookshop closed in 2011 much surviving stock was sold in a 'closing down sale'. However, Guildhall Library does sell a limited number of publications within the library. At the moment we do not sell maps, but we hope to stock a limited number of the Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps for sale in the future.Guildhall Libraryhttp://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57820868762540562392012-06-07T11:27:38.405+01:002012-06-07T11:27:38.405+01:00This is horrible news about the Guildhall Library!...This is horrible news about the Guildhall Library!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-24764714412149504862012-06-06T15:45:25.438+01:002012-06-06T15:45:25.438+01:00Oh no! That's tragic! What happened to the s...Oh no! That's tragic! What happened to the stock?Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50685247924930924332012-06-06T10:04:15.120+01:002012-06-06T10:04:15.120+01:00Just to inform you that unfortunately the Guildhal...Just to inform you that unfortunately the Guildhall Library Bookshop closed in June 2011. The Library is still here of course, and we do still sell a few publications but alas not the OS maps.Guildhall Libraryhttp://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88583082233968269352012-06-05T10:04:43.767+01:002012-06-05T10:04:43.767+01:00Thankyou for all the comments! It is possible to ...Thankyou for all the comments! It is possible to order maps via the Ordnance Survey themselves, but much more expensive - I tried Blackwells in Oxford, and would have had to fork out about £50 for the areas I wanted to look at - and not on the same scale either! So the large scale. modestly priced Guildhall Library maps were a real find. It's also an amazing library, of course.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45051925706026021102012-06-04T19:02:40.193+01:002012-06-04T19:02:40.193+01:00This is fascinating - I had no idea all this infor...This is fascinating - I had no idea all this information was available. Brilliant for writers and also family historians. I too had an exciting find at the Guildhall Library - though mine was much more expensive at about £20 for a h/b book. But it turned out to be worth every penny. It's "The A to Z of Elizabeth London" and has spreads from several old maps with streets and many buildings NAMED in red, making it very easy to move around as if you were really there; and the scale makes it easy to see how, for example, an alley might connect two streets. You can get these books covering later periods as well. I've also got a pack of four maps covering London in 1863 with lots of detail, from Old House Books.Ann Turnbullhttp://www.annturnbull.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78849250591672214092012-06-04T17:42:58.195+01:002012-06-04T17:42:58.195+01:00These maps sound wonderful, especially when accomp...These maps sound wonderful, especially when accompanied by backed by such a range of information. <br /><br />Really enjoyed hearing about all the working women - and the useful links to more map resources. Thanks.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-64305950582628856322012-06-04T15:15:38.707+01:002012-06-04T15:15:38.707+01:00Very interesting! I love ordnance survey maps. I...Very interesting! I love ordnance survey maps. I just wish they went farther than they do!The History Ladyhttp://www.thehistorylady.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8904872238917290882012-06-04T14:14:43.167+01:002012-06-04T14:14:43.167+01:00This is wonderful. I had no idea such resources ex...This is wonderful. I had no idea such resources existed. Brilliant stuff. And most interesting about the work these women did.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72292545782815535442012-06-04T13:54:14.033+01:002012-06-04T13:54:14.033+01:00A lovely counter to the married/poor relation/serv...A lovely counter to the married/poor relation/servant/prostitute/ version we usually get of Victorian women.Eve Edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11505527321662555382012-06-04T13:30:18.381+01:002012-06-04T13:30:18.381+01:00This is brilliant, Katherine - and a classic illus...This is brilliant, Katherine - and a classic illustration of how much more we can learn from maps than simply geography.<br /><br />For those who can't get to the Guildhall Library I've found a good selection of similar maps here: http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/london.htm<br />Most are from 1894 like your Greenwich one, but some date back to the 1860s.<br /> <br />The terrible thing is that I want them all...alberridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986443240923520466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29206969912938404102012-06-04T10:22:43.396+01:002012-06-04T10:22:43.396+01:00illuminating indeed!illuminating indeed!Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37874967429358900932012-06-04T09:17:22.643+01:002012-06-04T09:17:22.643+01:00I bought some of these maps years ago from the OS ...I bought some of these maps years ago from the OS direct, I just assumed you could still get them from there - absolutely invaluable, since I couldn't get Kelly's Directories at the time. The detail was, for someone wanting to do painstaking research, just fabulous.<br />Even longer ago I worked at a museum in Southampton as an archive cataloguer, and things like reciepts are an eye opener - if sometimes incredibly boring to catalogue. <br />LSE have also now digitised Charles Booths poverty map of London.Christine Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751941045817667023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79990960365050833252012-06-04T08:50:21.885+01:002012-06-04T08:50:21.885+01:00Oh, wow! I love maps and that sort would be absolu...Oh, wow! I love maps and that sort would be absolutely fascinating!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82421104118753768632012-06-04T08:00:58.675+01:002012-06-04T08:00:58.675+01:00Fascinating post! And how I love that final photog...Fascinating post! And how I love that final photograph...H.M. 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