tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post1726335135663774966..comments2023-09-23T10:23:44.193+01:00Comments on A Visitor's Guide to Victorian England: MAKING ENDS MEET - THE ROLE OF VICTORIAN PAWNBROKERS Michelle Higgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264314764222438419noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-76051803474675304432022-03-28T18:26:10.778+01:002022-03-28T18:26:10.778+01:00Thanks, Christine. Glad you found the post useful ...Thanks, Christine. Glad you found the post useful and good luck with the book!Michelle Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264314764222438419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-64388312124982127392022-03-28T16:18:55.440+01:002022-03-28T16:18:55.440+01:00Very informative article, Michelle. I am writing a...Very informative article, Michelle. I am writing a short book on pawnbroking in Hull around 1900, so with your permission I will use one or two of the images. I see anyway that they are now out of copyright, but wanted to check with you. Your website will of course be included in the list of sources I have used for my research for the book. Thanks in advance. Christine Pinder Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107094414654101803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-77319761465883828212020-04-16T15:32:28.120+01:002020-04-16T15:32:28.120+01:00Thanks, Lisa. Glad you found the post useful.Thanks, Lisa. Glad you found the post useful.Michelle Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264314764222438419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-74273948522360919672020-04-16T15:00:05.705+01:002020-04-16T15:00:05.705+01:00This is fascinating. Thank you. I have ancestors i...This is fascinating. Thank you. I have ancestors in Victorian Manchester who rose from mill workers to becoming pawnbrokers and actually ended up being very well to do. this post gave me a brief glimpse into their lives. Lisa Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178271444658475450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-38975652459654592992017-08-21T11:47:19.870+01:002017-08-21T11:47:19.870+01:00There are plenty of images online of shops with th...There are plenty of images online of shops with the three ball sign. Try searching on Pinterest (the system won't let me paste the link).Michelle Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264314764222438419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-18930790469227709822017-08-21T11:41:07.753+01:002017-08-21T11:41:07.753+01:00Thanks for your interest in this post. I'm afr...Thanks for your interest in this post. I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your specific questions about the cost of a shop or the rent. However, pawnbrokers were always situated in working-class districts and most of their customers came from the same area.Michelle Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264314764222438419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-80925824618148797542017-08-21T02:23:55.008+01:002017-08-21T02:23:55.008+01:00Have you found a picture of the exterior of a pawn...Have you found a picture of the exterior of a pawnshop with its 3-ball sign?Yoesh (the Priest) Glogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13204466612909067393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-91313119605606015662017-08-21T02:22:18.666+01:002017-08-21T02:22:18.666+01:00As a Sherlock Holmes fan, I wish to know all about...As a Sherlock Holmes fan, I wish to know all about Victorian pawnbroker shops because one is featured in the case, "The Red-headed League." I would like to know what kind of neighborhood (and so who the customers would have been) for the shop of Jabez Wilson. Also, how much would he have paid to buy the shop if bought circa 1875 and how much rent was he paying the landlord. [referernce: the pawnshop was near the Aldergate underground station]Yoesh (the Priest) Glogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13204466612909067393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-47582896886904286112016-09-14T07:02:29.307+01:002016-09-14T07:02:29.307+01:00About the only problem I have with the Pawnshops i...About the only problem I have with the <a href="http://www.pawnbrokerstoday.com/" rel="nofollow">Pawnshops</a> in my location is that they ask almost as much $$ as new for many things.Otherwise a good deal all around. Nice posts, glad I stumbled my way over here.petersmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15586425830651645471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114130323201260052.post-41334767061513833222014-01-10T10:05:01.095+00:002014-01-10T10:05:01.095+00:00Fascinating post, Michelle - and an excellent remi...Fascinating post, Michelle - and an excellent reminder of how hard life was for our families in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com