Katrina Gulliver

How the Lyons Corner House became a haven for the single working woman

By the end of the Victorian era, increasing numbers of female city-workers needed a safe and affordable place to eat

issue 28 September 2019
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  • Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea, and the Company that Took on the World

    Thomas Harding

    Heinemann, pp. 550, £25

In Whitechapel, in the mid 19th century, rolling and selling cigars was a way for a newly arrived immigrant to scrape a living. This is what Samuel Glückstein did, after he landed in London from Belgium in 1843. He built up his cigar business until he could send for his parents and siblings.

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