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Victorian Leicester : Episode 6 - Shopping |
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| This audio recording is the sixth in a series of talks about Victorian Leicester, originally made for schools in the early 1970s. Other episodes in this series are also available on The Showcase. The speaker, Professor Jack Simmons introduces Leicester as a centre of retail trade, with examples of specific shops and their locations, including the signage and décor of a Tobacconists which opened in 1869. Also described are the premises of Thomas Cook and banks built during the era. The market place at the Victorian shoppers’ centre is highlighted, with descriptions of various stalls and produce from the fish, meat and cheese markets and mention of the cattle market established in 1872. Developments in advertising are outlined, with an interesting commentary on how early adverts were initially seen as morally degrading through public boastfulness! We hear also about how winter sales came to be seen as a marker of the end of the Christmas period towards the end of the age, and how the idea of “Hire Purchase” was introduced gradually, because the idea conflicted with the Victorian ethos of living only within your means. Prices, taxation, inflation and half-day closing are briefly discussed, before concluding with descriptions of two shops in Leicester which were still in business at the time of this recording, detailing proprietors, establishments and current position. The original recording is held by the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA ref.: 134, RL100/0006/6-9VL). Further information can be found at http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha |
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| Creators: |
Speaker - Simmons, Professor Jack
Producer - Cobley, Paul
Other - BBC
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Civil Society
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| Contributors: |
East Midlands Oral History Archive - Copyright Holder
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01 / 01 / 1972
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English
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United Kingdom
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Community Media Association has non exclusive rights for the use of the work in The Showcase, but the overall copyright rests with East Midlands Oral History Archive. Copyright East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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