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Devlog 6

I have been working on transcribing the 1771 List. As of right now I hope to have it finished by the end of the week! As well as that my goals for website development this week include:

  • Creating pages for the 1766, 1771 and 1779 editions that have just become available to me

  • Creating baseline pages for the 'Eighteenth Century London' sections. So far the subsections will include

    • Parishes, Streets and Locations

      • All parish pages to be updated

    • Life and Living Conditions

      • Homes (rooms in the house, interior design, exterior design), Communal Living

      • Food (cuisine, takeaways and portable food stalls, almshouses and soup kitchens)

      • Drink (alcohol and alcoholism, drinking water)

      • Hygiene (bathing, dentistry, hairdressing)

      • Children (childbirth, adoption, abandonment, etc.)

      • Education

      • Fashion

      • Entertainment (theatre, parks, leisure)

    • Money and Wages

      • Jobs and Careers

      • Average Wages

      • Female Employment (and the barriers to it)

      • Cost of Living

      • Unions, Guilds and other Employment Agencies

      • Inheritance

      • Banking

    • Disabilities and Health

      • Drugs and Medications

      • Sexually Transmitted Illnesses and Diseases

      • Illnesses and Epidemics (smallpox, cholera, typhoid, etc.)

      • Disabilities and lifelong conditions (deaf/HOH, dwarfism, neurodivergence, etc.)

      • Quacks and Hoaxes

      • Hospitals and Hospices

    • Race and Ethnicity

      • Diversity in London

      • Black Londoners

        • African Londoners

        • Caribbean Londoners

      • Jewish Londoners

      • Irish Londoners

      • Indian Londoners

      • Chinese Londoners

      • European Londoners

        • French

        • Dutch

        • German

        • Spanish

    • Sexuality and Gender Identity

      • Homosexuality and Bisexuality

      • Transgender Identities

      • Cross-dressing and Drag Performances

      • The Realities of Sex Work on the Individual

      • Gender Roles and Gender Expression

      • Kink and Sexual Subcultures

    • Society and Social Systems

      • Crime and Policing

      • The Ton

      • Class Divides

      • Celebrities

      • Charities

      • Religion

  • I would also like to start adding to the resources section soon.

 
 
 

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