Seven Years Hard Labour – Historical Fiction

Image from Pinterest: The Paris Apartment Jane soon learned that the laundry equated to tough work. Leaning over the stone washtub, up to her elbows, hands numb in the cold, sudsy water all day long.  Followed by the wringing, with the matron's expectations of squeezing every last drop out of the linen. Then out in the …

Mudlarking for Treasures — Something I would love to do.

'Mudlark' is the charming name for those searching for objects on the river foreshore, similar to beachcombers fossicking at the sea edge. In London, the Thames provides a Mudlarker's heaven. Ever since the 18th century, the destitute rifled the riverbanks for trinkets dropped into the water or cargo fallen off passing boats, which they would then sell …