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Judith Flanders tells us that "there was a recognised hierarchy of door knocks" in London and quotes the German journalist Max Schlesinger who wrote "The postman give two loud raps in quick succession; and for the visitor a gentle but peremptory tremelo is de rigueur. The master of the house gives a tremolo crescendo, and the servant announces his master, turns the knocker into a battering ram…Tradesmen on the other hand…are not allowed to touch the knocker - they ring a bell"

Reference Judith Flanders, The Victorian City: Everyday life in Dicken's London (New York, Thomas Dunn Books, 2014) p86

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Byron was hugely lionised during the early 19th century. The Dictionary of National Biography says that "Byron became a legend after his death. His influence on the art, music, and literature of the nineteenth century can scarcely be calculated"
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When this song was published in 1846, railway share prices had already fallen from their 1845 peak and it was clear to many that were likely to fall further. (See notes on Bar 327, Railway Calls)
  1. [Note 336.4]
  2. [Note 336.5]
  3. [Note 336.6]
  4. [Note 336.7]

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