Comments on: The Monstrous & Terrifying Wild Pigs of Hampstead’s Sewers https://www.davidcastleton.net/hampstead-wild-pigs-sewers-london-great-stink-queen-rat-bazalgette/ David Castleton Blog - The Serpent's Pen Sat, 23 May 2026 15:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: David Castleton https://www.davidcastleton.net/hampstead-wild-pigs-sewers-london-great-stink-queen-rat-bazalgette/#comment-775 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:18:38 +0000 https://www.davidcastleton.net/?p=15526#comment-775 In reply to Hilary.

Interesting idea – that the myth was invented by the toshers to keep people away. I hadn’t thought of that.

]]> By: Hilary https://www.davidcastleton.net/hampstead-wild-pigs-sewers-london-great-stink-queen-rat-bazalgette/#comment-774 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:13:18 +0000 https://www.davidcastleton.net/?p=15526#comment-774 Fascinating post. I love the investigative style of your writing. I initially thought the pigs may have been created as a warning to keep other folk away from the sewers so the toshers could have the “finds” to themselves but I think the transition from rural to urban theory is also applicable

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