Subject: happy? – Mar 2 (Albion Mills burn)
From:
Abby Sale
Date: 02 Mar 06 - 07:58 AM
The steam powered Albion Mills burn down,3/2/1791. The common people didn't much mind.
When it broke out the people ran,
'Where is the fire now?' says one,
At the A----n Mills, the people say,
Why d--n it let it burn away!
For its destruction who does care,
For it has been wished many a year;
For the bread it such a price did keep,
Now let's hope it will be more cheap.
"The Baker's Glory," (a broadside) in A Ballad History of England, Roy Palmer
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