ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book. The book examines the customary culture persisted in many sectors of plebeian London in twentieth century. As quarrelsome as they were mutually supportive, plebeian Londoners also developed strategies to try to contain violence and resolve disputes, although these were not always successful. When difficulties almost inevitably occurred, it was necessary to rely on family, friends and neighbours in order to make ends meet, and consequently, to be on good terms with them. Both charity and poor relief were reshaped to effect the moral reform of recipients. As workhouse regulations were tightened and inmates became isolated from other plebeian Londoners, it became more difficult to accommodate poor relief within the precarious configuration of makeshift resources through which people maintained subsistence. The pattern that has emerged repeatedly was that moral condemnation, and the practices meant to rectify the perceived failings, gave customary culture resiliency and plausibility.
