Tag Archives: Inns

The Cross-Dressing Waiter

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 124.  The English Hotel Nuisance by Albert Richard Smith (1855) is one long glorious rant about how annoying it was to stay in a hotel or inn at the time. The following is part of a description of a … Continue reading →

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The Grumpy Tourist

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Roger Pocock

Snippets 105. Today’s snippet is a quote from Richard Le Gallienne’s Travels in England, from 1900, an interesting travel book that we have looked at in a couple of previous snippets. I always delight in finding a travel book that … Continue reading →

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