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by Henry Playford in The Dancing-Master ... The Ninth Edition, in 1695. | by Henry Playford in The Dancing-Master ... The Ninth Edition, in 1695. | ||
+ | For history buffs: | ||
+ | https://knowyourlondon.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/elephant-stairs/\\ | ||
+ | From at least Tudor times until the 19th century, one way for a pedestrian in London to travel was to be rowed on the Thames. River stairs were once to found every few hundred yards along both sides of the Thames... |