St James and St Giles, by J A Hardwick

Promotional music sheet for St. James and St. Giles, song by J. A. Hardwick circa 1870s. The images mark the distinct differences in the two districts of London, showing a well to-do gentleman of St James being the place where "the togs are cut out very bright", and a man in down at heel clothes at St Giles where "they're got out on Saturday night", referring to items being removed from the pawnbrokers

Giles Hardwick Jan19 Marketing Pawnbrokers

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