The ‘Great Stink’ of London
(via Amusing Planet) In the summer of 1858, Londoners found themselves in the middle of a big stinking problem. For centuries, the city was abusing River Thames using it as dumping ground for human excrement and industrial waste resulting in a river that was little more than an open sewer. That year, the weather was unusually hot. In the scorching heat, the sewage floating in the Thames started to ferment and gave off a stench so hideous that at the Parliament, curtains were soaked in chloride of lime in a vain attempt to defeat the fetid smell.
The Sentinel used to show the draftees each month. Is it possible to get a copy of the draftees for July 14 or 15, 1953?
Jervis Public Library has all of our archives on file. They would be able to help you with everything.