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Quirky Victorian Street Trades
Explore unusual and fascinating jobs from the Victorian era through this crossword featuring lesser-known street trades and odd occupations.
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Across
  • 1. Informal trader or peddler in random goods
  • 2. Person who recycled glass bottles
  • 3. Driver of a horse-drawn carriage for hire
  • 4. Person fixing or altering clothing
  • 6. Travelling repairer of pots and pans
  • 8. Collector of human waste for farming fertilizer
  • 9. Trader who supplied fresh water to homes
  • 14. Supplier of coal to Victorian households
  • 17. Person who scavenged riverbanks for valuables
  • 19. Alternate name for a street organ grinder
Down
  • 5. Deliverer of letters and parcels around town
  • 7. Cleaner of soot and ash from chimneys
  • 10. Street vendor who loudly advertised goods
  • 11. Child who collected coal from fireplace ashes
  • 12. Collector of scrap metal and discarded items
  • 13. Person who lit gas street lamps each evening
  • 15. Worker who cleaned stables and filth in streets
  • 16. Profession tasked with controlling rodent populations
  • 18. Street musician with a crank-operated instrument

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