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Pub landlady stops snack, 1858
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Pub landlady stops snack, 1858
" Dip your roll in your own pot at home!" A fierce looking landlady berates a hungry customer caught in the act of helping himself to the contents of her cooking pot. Note the tally kept on the wall above the fireplace. Date: 1858
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1858 Caught Cooking Customer Drunk Fierce Fire Place Gesture Humiliation Hunger Labourer Landlady Peasant Roll Snack Tally Theft Thief Thieving Yokel Yokels
EDITORS COMMENTS
In this striking 1858 photograph, a fiery pub landlady confronts a hungry and presumably intoxicated customer, caught red-handed dipping his roll into the communal cooking pot. The scene takes place in a rustic, working-class pub, as evidenced by the tally marks on the wall above the fireplace and the rough-hewn decor. The landlady's stern expression and forceful gesture convey her disapproval and indignation, while the customer's sheepish expression and downcast gaze suggest a mixture of shame and resignation. The pot, with its bubbling contents, sits prominently in the foreground, serving as a reminder of the shared meal that has been violated. This humiliating moment of theft, captured in the photograph, highlights the strict codes of conduct and social norms that governed the behavior of patrons in public houses during the Victorian era. Despite the harshness of the scene, the image also conveys a sense of the everyday life and community that existed in rural pubs, where people gathered to socialize, eat, and drink, often pooling their resources to prepare and share a meal.
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