\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 Petticoat Lane got its name long ago from the clothing trade that has been active in the area since the sixteenth cen
tury. However, in \b \cf4 \ATXht13221000 Queen Victoria\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Æs prudish times so direct a reference to womenÆs intimate apparel was thought to be indecent, and the name of the road was changed to Middlesex Street. However, people continued t
o call the market by its traditional name: Petticoat Lane it had always been and Petticoat Lane it was going to remain, regardless of nineteenth century sensibilities.\par
