Easy question probably...

[Currerbell]

Who knows what a 'spike' is???

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Hi Currebell

In what context?

(is this a joke? - lol)

[Currerbell]

Context of LVP


No its a serious question..not a joke, I know the answer, just wondered if anyone else did...

[SirRobertAnderson]

Spike = the casual ward of a workhouse. (Google search; I hadn't heard it before)

I'd be curious as to how this came to be used as slang for a workhouse.

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Seems to be related to the spike used in picking oakum (Google)

I was going to say it was the police helmet or bill/receipt spike but I think Currebell is referring to the workhouse

[dougie]

I dunno what the LVP IS....so no good asking me

[Currerbell]

LVP = Late Victorian Period

Correct, it refers to the workhouse, I got it from Londons, People of the Abyss...

[dougie]

Oh right....how quaint
So I guess we are now in the PEP?

[Currerbell]

PEP?????

Post Elizabethan Period?

Pre Extra terrestrial period?

[ferret]

Right CB -the spike in the LVP referred to beng in a workhouse (aka the spike)...on the /in the spike ....and it did refer to the spike used for picking oakum

I've got some great stuff on this subject and will post later as have to get to work tomorrow - sadly x

[ferret]

PEP?????

Post Elizabethan Period?

Pre Extra terrestrial period?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Extend Post! lol

[ferret]

A MUST read!

Hi CB
Right this is a MUST read!!! Easy to get on Amazon!! Arthur Morrison's masterpiece!

[dougie]

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease Extend Post! lol

You read my mind Ferret......you are a genius

[ferret]

Yes....dougie (!)........know that ......I think we've swerved threads here........no doubt CB will keep up

Come in CB ....bed time here for feretts soon! x

[Currerbell]

Im up with it all!

Yeah I saw that book, will defo take a glance at it...