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Crossrail dig unearths 13,000 Victorian jam jars
BBC ^ | 11 January 2017 | London

Posted on 01/13/2017 9:05:17 AM PST by BenLurkin

MOLA said the find was "remarkable".

The items, including bottles of Mushroom Catsup, Piccalilli pots and and jars for jam and marmalade, were found in a large cistern beneath the former warehouse.

MOLA archaeologist Nigel Jeffries said the cistern would have been used to power steam engines to run the factory, but had been taken out of use when the building was redesigned in the 1870s.

It had then been used as a landfill site for the pots.

The findings from the dig in summer 2010 have been revealed in a new book: "Crosse & Blackwell 1830-1921: A British Food Manufacturer in London's West End".

Mr Jeffries said the discovery had helped archaeologists learn more about "the tastes and palates of the Victorians".

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1 posted on 01/13/2017 9:05:17 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I remember the Victorian Jam. Man, that was some boring music.


2 posted on 01/13/2017 9:06:37 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: \/\/ayne

Were The Kinks there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2GHlcwlT1Y


3 posted on 01/13/2017 9:07:56 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

The jelly of the millenial club.

The gift that keeps on giving


4 posted on 01/13/2017 9:12:30 AM PST by digger48
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To: BenLurkin

Recipes???


5 posted on 01/13/2017 9:12:46 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ. ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
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To: BenLurkin
Mr Jeffries said the discovery had helped archaeologists learn more about "the tastes and palates of the Victorians".

If it included Mushroom Catsup we'd probably rather not know.


6 posted on 01/13/2017 9:16:12 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BenLurkin

They’re in a jam now.


7 posted on 01/13/2017 9:18:17 AM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: BenLurkin

Ooo! I’d like that chinoiserie ginger jar!


8 posted on 01/13/2017 9:18:42 AM PST by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is." Ayn Rand)
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To: BenLurkin
bottles of Mushroom Catsup, Piccalilli pots and and jars for jam and marmalade, were found in a large cistern... the cistern would have been used to power steam engines to run the factory

Has me thinking of the way the Beverly Hillbillies used Granny's corn squeezings to fuel their truck.

9 posted on 01/13/2017 9:21:25 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: aomagrat

Yup.

Literally and figuratively.


10 posted on 01/13/2017 9:26:53 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Probably past their “sell-by” date.
Oh I guess they didn’t worry about such things in the good ole days!


11 posted on 01/13/2017 9:28:06 AM PST by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: BenLurkin

The author failed to say if the jars were full or if they were factory rejects. Either way, why would they have gone to the trouble putting a label on if they were to be discarded before sale? What will become of them now? What else was down there? BTW, a vault and a cistern are two different things. More history on the canning company would have been nice. Too many questions and not enough answers.


12 posted on 01/13/2017 9:30:29 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll be waiting for the big fruitcake find. Where all the early fruitcakes went that nobody dared eat.


13 posted on 01/13/2017 10:05:06 AM PST by Trillian
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Since I like both mushrooms and “catsup, I wouldn’t mind a taste of that.

New manufacture, please.


14 posted on 01/13/2017 10:11:17 AM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: BenLurkin

Well, I guess the bottom is going to drop out of the Used Victorian Jam Jar market...


15 posted on 01/13/2017 10:30:04 AM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: ExGeeEye

Amazingly, it’s available on Amazon.


16 posted on 01/13/2017 11:01:05 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: BenLurkin
They've been finding a whole bunch of things during their work on Crossrail:

Crossrail Archaeology

17 posted on 01/13/2017 12:14:09 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Great link, thank you!


18 posted on 01/13/2017 1:10:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

You’re welcome. I love British history and their archaeology.


19 posted on 01/13/2017 1:35:52 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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