Sketches by Boz Scenes Chapter IV - Scotland-Yard

In which the humble little district of Scotland-yard is painted with affectionate detail, revealing its robust coalheavers and their simple trades as well as the gradual creeping tide of civilisation and innovation that begins to transform its character and commerce. Through the lens of its inhabitants—from the tailor to the eating-house keepers—we witness a quaint world of sturdy tradition yielding reluctantly before the onward march of progress, leaving behind echoes of an old England now fading into memory.