[posted] Posted(#62205, Layman)

[David Price]

The People's Palace and the Religious World, by A Layman                 62205
   [Subtitle: thoughts on public agitation against the promised charter to
              the new Crystal Palace Company, and on "Sabbath desecration"]
   [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/2/0/62205 ]
   [Files: 62205-0.txt; 62205-h.htm ]



For those wishing to know: this pamphlet (published around 1853 by a 
member of the Church of England) looks at the public outcry about the 
possible Sunday afternoon opening of the Crystal Palace for the working 
classes.  The writer points out there are already many things open on 
Sunday (e.g. public pleasure grounds, inns, Sunday trains etc.) and that 
opening only in the afternoons was a concession that wasn't required of 
the Company.  Whilst written around 170 years ago, it takes a modern 
outlook on the matter.

All the best,
David,
Sunny and windy England