The Street Cries Of Old London (1931)

Full titles read: THE STREET CRIES OF OLD LONDON. Filmed by permission of Committee St. Mary s Convalescent, Intertitle reads: Many generations ago London s streets were brightened by the musical cries of the Vendors the prim primrose girls (Eve MaxwellLyte, Iris Gibbs and M, S s of two young women and a little girl singing songs in the street. The girls are wearing eighteenth, nineteenth century working class dress. Intertitle reads: Your ripe strawberries L, S s of the women walking down the street carrying large baskets on their heads. They sing very cheerfully about ripe strawberries. Good M, S of women carrying two pails of milk attached to a yoke around her neck. She sings and asks Will you buy any milk today. M, S s of women tempting us with her selection of oranges. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.