Category Archives: Regency Life
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.
Continue reading →Sedan Chairs: The ultimate in private mobility
When we last checked in with Blue Order Historian Mr. Bennet in London, he had begun to use a sedan chair to get around because of his advanced arthritis. But what was a sedan chair?
Continue reading →The Original Uber: Surprising Facts About Georgian and Victorian Travel
Getting from here to there has been a challenge for long as there has been a ‘here’ to be and a ‘there’ to get to.
Continue reading →Churching: The End of Maternity Leave
For women in the Georgian and Regency eras, a woman’s confinement officially ended when she had been churched and her child christened.
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