1pm everyday and Henry attended on a Friday. He describes being shown into a "brown experienced looking apartment on a upper floor where a large horseshoe table was set for fifty guests." In the room there was three throne like chairs that were said to have been made from wood rescued from the tavern during a fire in 1898. These seats were for the chairman and his two chief guests. Above the chairs where framed names of people who had correctly guessed "the weight, height and girth of a cheese". When it was guessed correctly it was celebrated by giving everyone champagne. He describes the guest who arrived as "city men and regular habitués; and few of them curious sight seers like myself. For nearly two centuries the Fish Ordinary fought desperately against the inclusion of women, but about seventeen years ago the stronghold fell and now women sit down every day with men." The chairman was handed an apron, he was in charge of carving and serving the food. First up was soup, then stewed eels, next was fried plaice portioned to one fillet per person, Whitebaite and a four-foot roly-poly with hot syrup. The diners used the same Knife and forks for each course so it was easy to spot new comers as they lost their Knives and forks when the dirty plates were cleared away. The event ended with the guessing of the "colossal Cheshire cheese" was said to be on an Oak stand from "Nelson's Victory". Slices of cheese and pieces of paper were passed around, no one guessed all three correctly but a man who guessed the height and girth correctly was said to had been trying to win the competition for ten years but had never managed to correctly guess all three. The guests are said to have given the chairman a friendly nod or a handshake before going back to their business. Hansom Cab pages 60 - 65 Chapter nine Gives an account of a conversation with the driver of a Hansom cab, a man called Mr Albert Frisbee who lived in a bed-sitting-room in Newington Butts. He tells the author of how the world of the Hansom cab drivers were changing. Mr Frisbee had been a cab driver for 40 years, Mr Frisbee and his companions, Mr Lamont an Mr Woolf are said by the author to be the last 3 drivers