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CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE QUIZZICAL GAZETTE APRIL 1st 1819 Lost yesterday morning between Petticoat lane and Leg alley a black stuff ridicule containing three potatoes an onion a love letter a scrag of mutton uncooked a pocket handkerchief much used and worn a brass wedding ring a farthing's worth of matches two bad shillings a keepsake and two pawnbroker's duplicates one for a Welch wig the other for a pea green whittle Whoever has found it and will bring it with the contents to Miss Maria Mary Ann Mops No 903 Nightingale lane East Smithfield shall be handsomely rewarded PS If offered for sale or pledge please to stop it and send notice as above

This appeared in the pages of The Lady’s Monthly Museum (April, 1822) among other editorial content, suggesting this is a great joke.ย  Leg Alley was a narrow alley in Shoreditch (London).ย  There were also Leg Alleys elsewhere in the UK.

Check it the Shoreditch Leg Alley on the 1677 Map of City of London: https://www.grubstreetproject.net/london/#map=62/categories=195/@73846,5635,12594zย 


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