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A lot of people who were trying to get work on Monitor at the time made films about things like the barrow-boys of Elephant and Castle.
Britain's best film directors show some early promise Philip French 2010
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There was ill-tempered haggling and bartering; buskers played music, barrow-boys called out unmissable bargains, beggars made their pitiful demands from dark, shadowy corners though there were few who paused to place coins in their hats.
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“All the coster-mongers and vegetable stall-holders and barrow-boys would stop unloading the farm lorries and stand around waiting for us,” she said.
Presumption of Death Sayers, Dorothy L. 2002
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Father Tatham wrote to say that, after a bright, enjoyable summer holiday, spent with a chosen band of West-Central London barrow-boys at a Rest Home at
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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The barrow-boys bringing water to Nigeria's capital
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The barrow-boys bringing water to Nigeria's capital
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The barrow-boys bringing water to Nigeria's capital
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The barrow-boys bringing water to Nigeria's capital
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The barrow-boys bringing water to Nigeria's capital
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The barrow-boys bringing water to Nigeria's capital
British Blogs 2009
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