Virtual City Walk - "Naughty Bankside"

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Katie Wignall again conducted a fabulous virtual walk, focusing on "Naughty Bankside".

Our tour took in the sinful pleasures that abounded in Bankside in earlier times. It became an area where activities, which were suppressed in the City, could flourish openly. Thus, gaming houses, theatres, baiting pits and brothels abounded and we heard about a great many of them.

Again, Steven Morson has written a wonderful report that will be published in the Freeman 2021

There are lots of photos here https://www.guild-freemen-london.co.uk/gallery/home/virtual-walk-naughty-bankside?start=0


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