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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