BUSINESS POOR
LONDON STREET SELLERS LONDON, Nov. 6. Some of London’s colourful accents —tire gay flower seller, the pavement artist and the corner musician— have vanished with the coming of war. Since many of the suburban tube stations have been closed and evacuation of families have lessened the passenger tradio to and from London, there is r.c place for the penny business man who sold his talents to earn a livelihood from coins tossed him by passers- by. Musicians are the hardest hit. They had regular days and hours to hold : way cutside the stations. Maida Vale is an example George, the newspaper seller, is still there because residents of the neighbourhood deal with him, but his big custom from the stream of tube passengers has vanished.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 8
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127BUSINESS POOR Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 8
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