Sorry....but how big was London in 1888?

[Robert]

Depends what you mean by "big" - geographically or psychologically. People thought nothing of walking in those days. Even as late as the 1960s, my headmaster gave us 11-year-olds a suggested walk to do - start at Ilford and end up at Holborn. A doddle!

[Roy Corduroy]

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1892 cyclists, a mode of transportation.

[Stephen Thomas]

1892 cyclists, a mode of transportation.

And a little earlier