Trades & Workers
Sharpen your understanding of London’s factories, warehouses, docks, markets and shops with our related objects, stories and blogs.
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Chimney sweeps’ soot-stained past
Brush up on the history of a trade that once sent children climbing into danger
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
The jobs that made London’s docks run
London’s port relied on dock workers doing an array of back-breaking and highly skilled jobs
Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style
Anna Maria Garthwaite: Spitalfields silk designer
Her naturalistic floral designs were the height of silk fashion in the mid-1700s
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