Under the Floor Boards

H.Williams Cream Container

Crouch End man Nigel Moore was recently told by his father he remembered that back in 1968 (when gas pipes were being installed) he had spotted some items in the …

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Victorian Thrift: A Local Penny Bank

St Mary's Penny Bank Withdrawal Card, 1889

The virtues of thrift and sobriety were highly prized in Victorian society. Mrs Priscilla Wakefield (1750-1826), born in Tottenham, philanthropist and a Quaker author of children’s books, founded a Penny Bank for children which was to develop into England’s first savings bank.

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