Patricia Ann Yates

London

• A journey to London seemed to us in those by-gone days as hazardous and darken adventure as could be forced on any man. I mean, of course, a poor man: for to a great nobleman with ever so many outriders, attendants, and retainers, the risk was not so great, unless the highwaymen knew of their coming beforehand, and so combined against them.

  Lorne Done by Blackmore, Publish Date: Unknown London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930

Timekeepers

• "They were so frequently robbed of them that a watch must have been a very usual possession and one suspects they were an eighteenth century substitute for a savings bank account."
  

  - London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930.

London Men

• London life centered around the tavern, the alehouses, and the club. It was the custom at this time, as it had long been for almost every man who had the means to spend his evening at some public-house or tavern or other place of public entertainment. Almost every public-house had a parlour ... for the better class of customer.
  London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930

London Life

• Brasbridge, who set himself up as a silversmith published an account of his life. He divided his time between the tavern-club, the card-parties, and the hunt. He spent some evenings at the Globe Tavern in Fleet street. also belonged to a sixpenny card-club at the Queen's Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard. Cider Cellar in Maiden Lane was famous for its political debates and arguments.
  London Life in the Eighteen Century Published in 1930

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