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Yes, I was thinking that too but the Victorian poorer people ('respectable working class') would not have had much spare space over their living needs (c.f. end
by keithpeter 11y ago
Yes, I was thinking that too but the Victorian poorer people ('respectable working class') would not have had much spare space over their living needs (c.f. endless official reports on over crowding and various 'model' residential developments like Port Sunlight and Bournville). So unless the grocer had a cellar or a wholesaler somewhere...
...sounds like a research project over the holiday.
- carlob 11y agoYeah, but I'm pretty sure the grocer or the producer would have cellars both for apples and roots. All sorts of things like onions don't actually grow all year round, but need to be conserved away from heat and light. The same goes for wine, beer, fruit preserves, pickled vegetables…