Message 28702 of 39188 in General Discussion

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Look what I found...

The Times, of London, 22nd March 1833.

"...describing the manner in which the heavy duty on malt operated in driving 
the farmers' labourers to the Tom and Jerry shops by preventing them from 
brewing for themselves,..."

"Formerly every farmer brewed wholesome beer in his house, and gave it to the 
servants whom he kept about him; but the expenses of brewing were now so great 
that the farmer could no longer afford to give his servants this wholesome 
beverage; and the consequence was that they were driven to pass their time at 
a Tom and Jerry shop. He did not think that the rural population, in being 
forced to leave the company of their old friend Sir John Barleycorn, for the 
near acquaintance of Tom and Jerry., had gained anything by the exchange."


Any idea what Tom and Jerry is in this context?


http://wiki.webtender.com/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry


Cheers!

George S.


g.sinclair[at]yahoo.co.uk

http://www.wiki.webtender.com/wiki/