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One of the features of the streets at that time was the "buy a broom girl," so called from her cry. Her costume was picturesque, and she was rather an ornament to the extremely prosaic street.

"From Deutschland I come, with my light wares all laden,
To dear, happy England, in summer's gay bloom;
Then listen, fair ladies, and young pretty maidens,
And buy of a wand'ring Bavarian, a broom.
Buy a broom? Buy a broom?"

Author

The Project Gutenberg EBook of When William IV. Was King,
by John Ashton
Published in 1896

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Wednesday 13 May 2020

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375*638

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Century:19th, Occupations, Street Seller, Women

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• Places / Europe / Britain

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