Poverty and Tipplers

Jack Prescott
(Internet Published) Nov 2001

As from the mid 1800's until about 1950, the British working class people were diabolically poor. It is a fact that men who are so poor resort to gambling with their few miserable pence in the hopes that they will win a few extra pence. The outlay for a couple of kits of Tipplers was within the grasp of the poorest of British working men or even the unemployed, of which there were many. Such was the way of life then. Nevertheless, that situation was good for the Tippler breed for no man could keep worn out has-beens, ornaments, or degenerated stock. His few miserable pence had to go a long way.

A lot of British people were in a state of malnutrition. Yet in these days or super abundance and squander, a lot of men are keeping rubbish that the old timers would not touch with a barge pole. I liken the fancy to a Gardener who has to dig out the weeds and cut out the dead wood. So, take notice sit down and have a think...

Why overcrowd your loft with useless ornaments? They only serve to eat grain and create muck! They may very well be beautiful - So is an oil painting, a flower a jewel, but what do they do? Surely pigeons are birds of action and the high flyers are the aces. For what man does not admire pigeons that fly to pin head size or less in altitude on days when the weather allows?

[Internet Published Nov 2001 at http://www.tipplers.com/jack/]