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When the King of the Cheap Jacks and the Midget Queen met James Joyce

West Hampstead Life Posted on July 18, 2013 by Dick Weindling and Marianne CollomsJanuary 4, 2014

In August 1878 Charles Augustus James appeared in court because he had set up his caravans on the corner of Percy Road and Pembroke Road (later renamed Granville Road) in South Kilburn. He traded here as a hawker or ‘cheap … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Charles Augustus James, Cheap Jacks, Dublin waxworks, Easter Rising 1916, Henry Street, James Joyce, Marcella the Midget Queen | Leave a reply
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