coal-whippers

Eliza had once heard her whispering to Mrs. Barker, the coal-whippers wife, saying shed heard it from Mrs. Tether, the midwife who delivered the two of them, that Sammy had been born with the cord around his neck.

The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

Eliza had once heard her whispering to Mrs. Barker, the coal-whippers wife, saying shed heard it from Mrs. Tether, the midwife who delivered the two of them, that Sammy had been born with the cord around his neck.

The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

Eliza had once heard her whispering to Mrs. Barker, the coal-whippers wife, saying shed heard it from Mrs. Tether, the midwife who delivered the two of them, that Sammy had been born with the cord around his neck.

The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

Eliza had once heard her whispering to Mrs. Barker, the coal-whippers wife, saying shed heard it from Mrs. Tether, the midwife who delivered the two of them, that Sammy had been born with the cord around his neck.

The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

Eliza had once heard her whispering to Mrs. Barker, the coal-whippers wife, saying shed heard it from Mrs. Tether, the midwife who delivered the two of them, that Sammy had been born with the cord around his neck.

Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

In 1848 Northcote speaks of Mr. Gladstone as the 'patron saint' of the coal-whippers, who, as a manifestation of their gratitude for the Act which he had induced parliament to pass for them, offered their services to put down the chartist mob.

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880

He listens to the grievances of the lath-renders; of the coopers who complain that casks will come in too cheap; of the coal-whippers, and the frame-work knitters; and he examines the hard predicament of the sawyers, who hold government answerable both for the fatal competition of machinery and the displacement of wood by iron.

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880

They ran briskly down the Pool; the gentlemen pointed out the Docks, the Thames Police-office, and other elegant public edifices; and the young ladies exhibited a proper display of horror at the appearance of the coal-whippers and ballast-heavers.

Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841

Jostling with unemployed labourers of the lowest class, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers, brazen women, ragged children, and the raff and refuse of the river, he makes his way with difficulty along, assailed by offensive sights and smells from the narrow alleys which branch off on the right and left, and deafened by the clash of ponderous waggons that bear great piles of merchandise from the stacks of warehouses that rise from every corner.

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841

Jostling with unemployed labourers of the lowest class, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers, brazen women, ragged children, and the raff and refuse of the river, he makes his way with difficulty along, assailed by offensive sights and smells from the narrow alleys which branch off on the right and left, and deafened by the clash of ponderous waggons that bear great piles of merchandise from the stacks of warehouses that rise from every corner.

Oliver Twist 1838