Victorian History
An idiosyncratic selection of short bits about elements of Victorian history.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Faster, Lower, Deeper - The First Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable
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Map of the 1858 trans-Atlantic cable route On the 16th of August, 1858, Queen Victoria sent a telegram to the President of th...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
The "Sewer" or the early days of the London Underground
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To understand the development of the London Underground, or “Tube,” one has to look at both the growth and sprawl of the metropolis...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
"March came in like a Lion," The Great Blizzard of 1891
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If you had read the Meteorological Office's summary of observations for February 1891, you could hardly be blamed for assuming that spri...
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Income vs Expenditure in Working-Class Victorian England
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East Enders Every school student must be aware of the financial advice that Charles Dickens has Mr Micawber offer the eponymous hero of ...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Bryant, May and the Match Girls Part 3
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. . .Go to the mouldering lane Where the match-girls cry in their terrible pain; Where the phosphor eats to the festering bone, Till t...
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