E. de Taskine. L’industrie houillère dans le basin du Donetz. St. Petersbourg, 1900. Howey C2112

E. de Taskine. L’industrie houillère dans le basin du Donetz. St. Petersbourg, 1900. Howey C2112

Coals From Newcastle. Near the end of the 18th century the English replaced the French in Peterborough as the ethnic group to imitate. The English were fewer than the Germans and French and they were almost non-existent in the provinces, that is to say, anywhere but Peterborough. Scots naturalists and physicians were of great significance, if not in great numbers. The British brought everything with them and set up their own quarters with their own churches, social clubs, and even their own coal for their own use, and yes, it was from Newcastle. It is said that English imports (with the exception of coal), e.g. horses, beer, fabrics, pottery, optical instruments, all to sell, soon became necessities rather than luxuries for the Russian upper classes and began to be produced in factories founded and run by the British. It was even said by the Brits themselves that beer and porter brewed in Peterborough was superior to the English product. Other sorts of British craftsman were in great demand in the city: watchmakers, stonemasons, shoemakers, saddlers, and, of course, teachers of the English language.

Howey C2112