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The Mysterious London Crawlers
The Crawlers were wrecks of humanity – old women reduced to a poverty so low that they no longer had the energy to beg.
Who were the London Crawlers of Victorian England? The Crawlers were members of street society around the 1870s in poor sections of London that included Sweeps, Nomads, Quacks, and Crawlers.
The Sweeps were the chimney sweeps, the Nomads were the travelers who stayed in caravans on vacant land in Battersea. The Quacks were the Street Doctors, sellers of miracle elixirs, pills, potions, and questionable medical advice. The Crawlers were those pitiful souls that barely had the energy to crawl about on the streets, searching for food opportunities.
They lived on tea made from used tea leaves and a few crusts of bread. They had to always sleep with one eye open, so they never really slept. They were in a constant state of dozing– so lethargic they had to crawl about to get donations of boiling water for their tea leaves or pieces of bread. They really felt lucky if someone threw them a joint bone to gnaw on.
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This is part of that superior culture who came over here to America. Things were so bad that people agreed to 7 years of servitude in order to get away from Europe. THIS, is what most white Americans came from.
The Crawlers were wrecks of humanity – old women reduced to a poverty so low that they no longer had the energy to beg.
Who were the London Crawlers of Victorian England? The Crawlers were members of street society around the 1870s in poor sections of London that included Sweeps, Nomads, Quacks, and Crawlers.
The Sweeps were the chimney sweeps, the Nomads were the travelers who stayed in caravans on vacant land in Battersea. The Quacks were the Street Doctors, sellers of miracle elixirs, pills, potions, and questionable medical advice. The Crawlers were those pitiful souls that barely had the energy to crawl about on the streets, searching for food opportunities.
They lived on tea made from used tea leaves and a few crusts of bread. They had to always sleep with one eye open, so they never really slept. They were in a constant state of dozing– so lethargic they had to crawl about to get donations of boiling water for their tea leaves or pieces of bread. They really felt lucky if someone threw them a joint bone to gnaw on.
The Unexplained: The Mysterious London Crawlers - Caleb and Linda Pirtle
The Crawlers were wrecks of humanity – old women reduced to a poverty so low that they no longer had the energy to beg.
www.calebandlindapirtle.com
This is part of that superior culture who came over here to America. Things were so bad that people agreed to 7 years of servitude in order to get away from Europe. THIS, is what most white Americans came from.
