Tag: history
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Charles Robert Apthorp – Potman, billiard marker and grocer
By Christine Swan Charles Robert was one of a large family of West End Apthorps living in what is now, the heart of theatreland in London. He was born in 1850 in Long Acre, which was at that time, the heart of the carriage making and associated maintenance industry. This particular area has changed immensely…
Awful Rigours and Wretched Pay 