Victorian History
An idiosyncratic selection of short bits about elements of Victorian history.
Thursday, August 06, 2015
The Full English Breakfast - Myth or Reality
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The first time I went to England, in 1967, there were still many reminders of the great Victorian Era. I remember the rag and bone man ...
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Monday, May 04, 2015
Victorian Vision, London and Manchester at the End of the Era
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If a picture is worth 1,000 words, who can decide the value of a moving picture? In this blog, I want to look at some moving images from th...
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...
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