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London Street Cries: Episode 4

Episode 4

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Stories from present day street cleaners and 19th-century scavengers.

Stories from present day street cleaners and recycling operatives, a modern mudlark, and 19th-century scavengers.

Continuing the series of voices from the London streets, in which each programme highlights a particular sector of London life, now and in the 1850s. 

In Part 4 we hear from present day street cleaners and recycling operatives, as well as from a modern mudlark, and from nineteenth-century scavengers.

Abridged by Penny Gold
Producers: Jeremy Mortimer and Rebecca Stratford.

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