The Perils and Progress of Regency Roads
British roads were often described as despicable places where fresh gravel or deep mud left horses so exhausted they could not pull their load. Sounds like fun!
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The Elegance and Engineering of the Sidesaddle
The story of the sidesaddle is really the story of how women went from being passengers to being powerful equestrians in their own right.
Continue reading →Horse Cents: The Real Cost of Transportation in Regency England
The Regency era sat at the edge of the Industrial Revolution, but most people still relied on muscle power, human or animal, to move goods and people from place to place.
Continue reading →A Queen of Mobility
How Queen Victoria changed the face of mobility.
Continue reading →Bath Chairs: Changing Mobliity Forever
The Bath chair answered the question: how to move comfortably through a world that was not built for ease of mobility.
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