Posts Tagged ‘Mad Hatters’

Were hatters really mad? The fate of hatters both fictional and real, and other dangerous occupations. We look at matchstick making, mining, chimney sweeps, mudlarking and toshing in the London sewers.   What You’ll Hear 0:38: Lewis Carroll’s mad hatter 1:37: Erethism – the truth behind the mad hatter story 3:10: Hazardous jobs for children…