Dinner parties were a frequent occurrence during the holiday season. When trying to rise into higher levels of society, a family’s social standing could be made or broken by the ability to conform to all the conventions associated with these formal events.
Continue reading →Children love to play outside. Many of the pass times our 18th century ancestors enjoyed would seem so familiar that contemporary children would not hesitate to join in the fun.
Continue reading →Children and adults played many games to keep themselves entertained during long evenings where the firelight was not strong enough to support other activities like reading or sewing.
Continue reading →For decades British the system was slow, expensive and unreliable. During the Regency era, the postal system experienced dramatic changes.
Continue reading →Ubiquitous as the laptop computer is today, the writing desk or writing slope, played major role in the creation of novels by Jane Austen, the Brontës, and others, that still enjoy wide readership today.
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