"TIME-TRAVEL THURSDAY WITH TIME TRAP"
Shelton Street
(a tad from the Time Trap Trail, close to Seven Dials).
(a tad from the Time Trap Trail, close to Seven Dials).
THE TIME-TRAVEL THROUGH PICTURES SERIES!
TIME-TRAVEL THROUGH PICTURES
WITH
TIME TRAP
BY
AUTHOR RICHARD SMITH
Welcome to the Fourth piece of "Time-Travel Thursday With Time Trap".
Each week we will feature a new piece from The Author Richard Smith.
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Time-Travel with Time Trap!
Time-Travel with Time Trap!
About The Book
Who was the mysterious Hector Lightfoot? What was he up to when he disappeared, and who were the two ghosts once seen in his house? School friends Jamie and Todd are destined to find out when they go to London to spend a weekend with Jamie's Uncle Simon, who now lives in that very house. Soon after they arrive, Jamie has a frightening encounter with the two ghosts.
Hector, a veteran from the First Afghan War, joined a covert expedition to China, and afterwards worked on a secret Government project in an underground lab at theBritish Museum. He vanished suddenly, and was never heard from again.
Simon takes the boys to the lab, where they find a strange contraption – which, unknown to any of them, is a time-travel device. When the building is struck by lightning, the device is energized, and sends the boys back in time to the year 1862. There, surrounded by danger and exposed to disease, they are sucked into a life of crime in order to survive.
Only if they can find Hector will they have any chance of getting home again. But why has he gone into hiding? Who is the man after him and what does he want?
As the boys struggle to escape back to their own time, Jamie becomes convinced that the two ghosts he saw earlier are following them…
"TIME-TRAVEL THURSDAY WITH TIME TRAP"
~ISSUE FOUR OF SIX~
Shelton Street (a tad from the Time Trap Trail, close to Seven Dials) Then and Now
Shelton Street Then
Charles Dickens’s son, Charles Dickens Junior describes it thus:
“Here poverty is to be seen in its most painful features. The shops sell nothing but second or third hand articles.
The street swarms with children of all ages… Public houses abound and it is evident that whatever there may be a lack of, there is no lack of money for drink.”
From The Trail
William Shelton was a holy man and a philanthropist who stipulated in his will that the poor of St Giles should be clothed and educated by his estate. From Shelton’s death in 1661, until 1763, a free school was established in nearby Parker Street which taught 50 local ragamuffins (usually, a child in rags) in English, humanities, classics and good manners, he also left a legacy to provide “the habit of a gentleman” to 20 beggars each year. Given that even the wealthier rookery-dwellers would go around in rags; these 20 must have been the best-dressed vagrants in history!
Until 1877, Shelton Street was known as Castle Street and it marked the unofficial south-eastern fringe of the sprawling St Giles rookery. This area inspired many of Dickens’s depictions of Victorian London’s seedy underbelly. Today, the narrow street, stretching from Drury Lane to St Martin’s Lane still gives clues to its iniquitous past with a number of alleys and courtyards where footpads and highwaymen would have skulked menacingly in the shadows, waiting for the next wealthy merchant to plunder.
An Excerpt From Time Trap
Through the fog, Jamie glimpsed small children still out playing, despite the freezing weather. They would appear and then fade into the fog, hopping and skipping along. One group played a game where they rolled head-over-heels.
Jamie and Todd moved through a sea of paupers. Faces peered from everywhere; entire families gathered in the street. Outside one house, a goat stood chained to railings and chickens clucked in small cages. Outside another, Jamie stared up at a large woman barely visible, leaning from an upstairs window, tending to freshly laundered clothes. She hung a sheet over a protruding wooden pole to dry, though it was already grimy from the sooty fog. Jamie soon realised there were many poles along the street with washing fastened and likened them to masses of flags.
Shelton Street Today
From An Article In The Covent Garden Magazine Online
Shelton Street today is home to inspiring creative companies specialising in designer fashion, filmmaking and graphic design.
On the corner of Shelton and Endell Street is Adolfo Dominguez, a luxury designer brand by the renowned Spanish fashion designer, Adolfo Dominguez. Born in 1950, Aldolfo took over his father’s fashion boutique in Northern Spain in the early 70s and began working on his own designs. He took his inspiration from urban necessities loving to work with loose and natural fabrics which drape beautifully. In 1981 he opened a store in Madrid which lead to him becoming a world-wide fashion brand, soon he was opening boutiques around the world. His Covent Garden store offers luxury fashion for men and women. Read More...
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"Very exciting book; keeps you interested from the start right the way through. You can tell a lot of research has gone into the writing of this book because all the roads, pubs, churches etc in the adventure are real and in line with accurate history. Fantastic bonus is the London Walk you are invited to take all educational."
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"Time Trap came recommended from a review site and I thought my son would enjoy it. As it was I read it first and thoroughly enjoyed it. It has a really engrossing storyline, strong characters and plenty of intrigue."
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"A hugely enjoyable time romp, Time Trap is the debut novel from author Richard Smith and it really is a little different. Not only a perfect mix of fantasy, intriguing technology and action to keep even the most demanding of young readers entertained, it has more than its share of mystery to boot."
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"An undeniably fun and engaging read, Time Trap will certainly pique your interest and leave its readers wanting more. Raising high expectations of future releases from author Richard Smith, it is recommended without reservation!"
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"My 10 year old, well-read son has been reading Time Trap solidly over the last few days and loves it."
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"Smith it seems has certainly succeeded in weaving a wonderful tale."
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