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Poster reading "Open Morning. October 23rd 10-12pm. UCL Bloomsbury, South Junction Reading Room, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT." At the top of the poster is an image of a cartoon of Father Thames presenting children representing water born diseases to a female figure representing London. In the bottom left corner is a logo reading UCL Special Collections.

Join us on October 23rd for our Bloomsbury Open Morning! We'll be looking at items from our collection related to sewers & clean water in C19th London 🚰

To book your free ticket, visit:
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Private Greed, Public Good: A History of the London's Water MERCENARY RIVER by NICK HIGHAM No city can survive without water, and lots of it. Today we take the stuff for granted: turn a tap and it gushes out. But it wasn't always so. For centuries London, one of the largest and richest cities in the world, struggled to supply its citizens with reliable, clean water. The Mercenary River tells the story of that struggle from the middle ages to the present day. Nick Higham is a journalist who has spent 30 years at the BBC: fifteen as their arts and media correspondent and also hosting Meet the Author' on the BBC News Channel.

Private greed, public good and a great book - I think this is a perfect time for this talk👇

The Mercenary River by @NickHigham

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