| Topic: | Re:Re:Brentford poem | |
| Posted by: | Jim Storrar | |
| Date/Time: | 25/04/24 06:24:00 |
| It seems that in about 1840 Thackeray published two ballads on this theme. One was "The King of Brentford" while the other was "The King of Brentford's Testament". These were satirical ballads about George IV, who had died in 1830. This extract from the King of Brentford may refer to the George IV alehouse which stood at 50 High Street, on the eastern corner of Goat Wharf and High Street: "The faithful men of Brentford do still the King deplore, His portrait yet is swinging, beside an alehouse door." The full text of the ballads is available here: https://www.online-literature.com/thackeray/ballads-by-thackeray/41/ |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Brentford poem | 24/04/24 20:17:00 | Anne England |
| Re:Brentford poem | 24/04/24 22:56:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Brentford poem | 25/04/24 06:24:00 | Jim Storrar |