The Nemesis of Neglect waterwheel 1903 Daimler

1903 Daimler

View of the south end of London Bridge

The 'Hobby Horse' or 'Dandy Horse' was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

View showing figures in the street and an ironmongers shop at the corner of St George's Place

The Nemesis of Neglect waterwheel 1903 Daimler'The Nemesis of Neglect', 1888. Crime, armed with a viciously sharp knife, stalks the streets of the capital. This was the day of Jack the Ripper, and fear abounded in the slums. In Punch's view, it was precisely because the slums had for so long been utterly neglected and its people so deprived that evil and depravity was able there to find a home. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 29, 1888.