Victorian History

An idiosyncratic selection of short bits about elements of Victorian history.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Working Men's Clubs and Reading

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One of the major sources of education and particularly self-help for working men was to be found in the Working Men’s Clubs. Not surprising...
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Monday, May 21, 2007

The Crowning of a Queen

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Thursday, the 28th of June, 1838, dawned early for the young Queen. She was awakened at 4.00 by the sound of guns in the Park and dozed fit...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The Fighting Fairer Sex

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While fighting may have been a man’s game, and certainly the vast majority of spectators were male, there was always something new and diffe...
Friday, February 09, 2007

Walking Underwater: The Thames Tunnel

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It must have been something of a surprise to visitors to the Thames Tunnel one day in the 1840s to see a group of American Indians gazing in...
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Thursday, December 14, 2006

The "Cheap Christmas Pudding."

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As the Christmas season is upon us, it seems appropriate to reconsider that most important element of the Victorian holiday season, the Chri...
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Dr Bruce Rosen
I regret to advise that my husband Dr Bruce Rosen died on 19th September 2017. Many thanks to all of the followers and admirers of this site over many years.

Virginia Rosen.

Retired from active teaching since 1995, I am an Honorary Research Associate in the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania.

Following my retirement, I administered and taught in Summer Schools at St John's College, University of Sydney and at Jane Franklin Hall, an associated college of the University of Tasmania.

I enjoy travel and for many years spent several months a year in Europe. This included a visit to Israel, a study tour of Venice, and a river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. But always, always, there is Paris where, for many years I spent three months a year.

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