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Offline AndrewMartin

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Poverty in East London (new BBC article)
« on: Wednesday 27 July 05 10:40 BST (UK) »
The BBC have added an article on Poverty and the surveys done by Charles Booth in 19th Century East London.

Thought it might interest...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/business/05/breadlinebritain/html/default.stm
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Re: Poverty in East London (new BBC article)
« Reply #1 on: Monday 17 October 05 22:03 BST (UK) »
Well worth a read, it just shows how times have changed, and how our ancestors lived! Glad times have changed and our lives have improved. ;)
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