Submitted by LJRGUserName t3_z091r9 in books
laconicflow t1_ix5g69f wrote
Reply to comment by Linnie12345 in Completely hooked by the writing style and research into "the Five" by Hallie Rubenhold. "There are two version of the events of 1887. One is very well known, the other is not." The five are the victims of Jack the Ripper and had always been labelled prostitutes, but they were not. by LJRGUserName
You payed a penny for a bed, right? This is what scares me about certain topics, everyboedy has an agenda and a bias, at least if you know it going in, you can account for it.
LiliWenFach t1_ix5uxfq wrote
Four pence per night. Which many of them didn't have.
laconicflow t1_ix6c7ia wrote
Hence the street sleeping.
LiliWenFach t1_ix7b9lj wrote
You said it was a penny for a bed. I explained it was four pence a night, which is four times dearer. A penny could be easily borrowed. Finding four pence for a bed every night was not so straightforward.
laconicflow t1_ix8r7b4 wrote
You're right. Thanks for the correction.
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