Illustration showing a translator: this man would

Illustration showing a translator: this man would buy old worn-out boots and re-use the good parts from each, to make presentable pairs. He would thus make between seven and ten pence (d) per good pair of boots, and on this sum he could just manage to keep his family in one room without starving. London, 1885

Cobbler Manage Pairs Pence Presentable Starving Thus Translator Worn-out

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