EPISODE · Feb 25, 2025 · 30 MIN
The Economics of Rat-Catching in the 1800s
from Untold Wealth · host Untold Wealth
In Victorian London, untold wealth could be made if you had the bravery and entrepreneurial spirit to deal with rats. Devon and Vince discuss what life was like for rat-catchers of the time, rat-fighting pits, and the most famous rat-catcher of all — Jack Black. ____Shownotes:Life and Labour of the People of London: http://pombo.free.fr/booth1897.pdfLondon Labour and the London Poor (Vol 3) by Henry Mayhew:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57060/57060-h/57060-h.htm
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In Victorian London, untold wealth could be made if you had the bravery and entrepreneurial spirit to deal with rats. Devon and Vince discuss what life was like for rat-catchers of the time, rat-fighting pits, and the most famous rat-catcher of all — Jack Black. ____Shownotes:Life and Labour of the People of London: http://pombo.free.fr/booth1897.pdfLondon Labour and the London Poor (Vol 3) by Henry Mayhew:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57060/57060-h/57060-h.htm
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