The Street Cries Of Old London (1931)

Full titles read: “THE STREET CRIES OF OLD LONDON. Filmed by permission of Committee - St. Mary’s Convalescent, Birchington.“ Intertitle reads: “Many generations ago London’s streets were brightened by the musical cries of the Vendors - the prim primrose girls - (Eve Maxwell-Lyte, Iris Gibbs and ’Meg’).“ M/S’s of two young women and a little girl singing songs in the street. The girls are wearing eighteenth / nineteenth century working class dress. Intertitle reads: “Your ripe strawberries -“ L/S’s of the women walking down the street carrying large baskets on their heads. They sing very cheerfully about “ripe strawberries“. Good M/S of women carrying two pails of milk attached to a yoke around her neck. She sings and asks “Will you buy any milk today. M/S’s of women tempting us with her selection of oranges. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.