#harryholt — Public Fediverse posts
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#SWELL: A gentleman; but any well dressed person is emphatically termed a ‘swell’. A family man who appears to have plenty of money & makes a genteel figure is said to be in ‘Swell-Street’. A ‘swell crib’ is a genteel house; a ‘swell mollisher’ an elegantly dressed woman. #Grose1823
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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#OnThisDay 10Dec1822 Tom HICKMAN the 'Gaslight Man'(pic) & his patron Mr ROE are killed after their single horse ‘chaise’ crashed near #Whetstone on the way home from watching Tom SHELTON defeat Josh HUDSON at @HarpendenCommon 25mi from #London
#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History #Gaslight
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#OnThisDay 10Dec1822 Tom HICKMAN the 'Gaslight Man'(pic) & his patron Mr ROE are killed after their single horse ‘chaise’ crashed near #Whetstone on the way home from watching Tom SHELTON defeat Josh HUDSON at @HarpendenCommon 25mi from #London
#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History #Gaslight