Billingsgate Language
Mr. William Hicks, who has worked for 30 years as a porter in Billingsgate Market, defended the reputation of the market at the annual meeting of the Billingsgate Christian Mission and Dispensary. He said: “For many years everything that is bad has been associated with the name of Billingsgate. In our view that is entirely false, and the sooner people get the idea out of their heads the better. The amount of vice in the market is very small, and drunkenness has disappeared. The continuation of this false impression is a libel on its workers as well as on all those associated with the market
“Many Billingsgate porters are quite refined in their language, and many of them are fairly conversant with the topics of the day. Their respect for the opposite sex in and around the market is marked. But the Billingsgate porter is only human and if you cross his path you may find him a tough nut to crack, and he may express his feelings in language even more forcible than that used in Parliament.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 46, 17 May 1927, Page 13
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180Billingsgate Language Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 46, 17 May 1927, Page 13
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