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Acclaimed historian Annie Gray takes us on an immersive journey down the high street through the ages, from the medieval marketplace to the first department stores. Peeking inside the windows of china merchants, chophouses, gin palaces and confectioners, Annie reflects on how people shopped and lived in days gone by.

Episode Three
1850– 1870 : The butcher and the gin palace

Annie Gray is a historian, cook, broadcaster and writer specialising in the history of food and dining in Britain from around 1600 to the present. She features regularly on The Kitchen Cabinet. Her other books include The Greedy Queen and Victory in the Kitchen.

Writer: Annie Gray
Reader: Hugh Dennis
Abridger: Karen Rose
Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4