... suchnumbers, it is probably safe to assume that some of these spectato rs came from the working classes, yet such interest was still very limited – and in some areas the working classes showed no interest ... importantly, the old relationships between the classes no longer existed. The 183 0s and 184 0s saw the rise of the Chartists, attempts at armed insurrectionin England and Wales and widespread fear of revolution ... professional men, mechanics, miners, carpenters, townclerks, butchers, masons, clerks, labourers, landlords, chemists and schoolmasters.’9This lowering of barriers between the classes was highly...