Waymarks Man


A Short History Of English Waymarks

Barry Sharples | 3rd May 2016

Everything you could ever want to know about signposts, beginning with the standing stones erected by the Romans and ending with the roadside LED panels erected in the 21C. Changing solutions to an enduring problem. From the earliest times not getting lost has been an important factor in moving from one place to another: long-distance travellers could easily die if they missed their way (3,200 words)

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The Cat’s Meat Man

Kathryn Hughes | Public Domain Review | 12th February 2025

Profile of an extinct tradesperson, "who pushed a cart of cheap offal and horsemeat around residential streets while calling out something that sounded like 'CA-DOE-MEE!'". In the 19C, it was a good job, if a highly territorial one. With a good "walk", one could even build up savings. This peculiar economic role has always been "a gift to investigative journalists of an anthropological turn" (2,300 words)

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