1893 Superintendent of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Sunday School.
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One Tun Ragged School
The One Tun pub in Perkins Rents was in the infamous area known as the Devil's Acre. The whole area was disrupted and much of it demolished to construct Victoria Street, which opened for use in 185...
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