Interesting bit of history there! I didn't know that. Notorious prisons interest me.

s grimy as the knocker of the long-…Knocker”. These expressions are a bit old-fashioned now but I did hear them when I lived in London. Newgate** Prison, demolished in 1904, was a notorious prison in London — of course, the knocker on the door of the prison became dirty with prolonged use. So a child who was covered in mud likely was as grimy as the knocker of the long-gone prison used …
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Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave
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Interesting bit of history there! I didn't know that. Notorious prisons interest me.
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