Nooks And Corners of English Life Past And Present
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As late as the com- mencement of the fourteenth century, "Wolverhampton had a market every Sunday morning, the shingles being arranged round the old Collegiate Church ; and when the voice of ■u'orship ceased, the Babel of the Fair began. During the fourteenth century, however, the custom of holding Sunday markets was abolished, but the village Wake continued to be celebrated on the sacred day, until the commencement of the present century. The leading diversions of Wake- time in this district w...ere, as is pretty generally known, bull and badger baiting, cock-fighting, pigeon-flying, boxing, running, and wrestling. There is, we think, a very fair standard of comparison between past and present, presented to us in the subject of Wake festivals ; and for this reason we have thought it worth while briefly to compare Wake- time in the Black Country half a century ago with the corresponding season now. We think it will be allowed S 2 26o JVooks and Corners of English Life. that, after taking into consideration all educational and other advantages, there has been a progress towards social and moral excellence among oiu' working men and women which is deserving of all praise.
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