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Regency Hot Spots: Bookseller Shops and the Subscription Library

By Anne | November 6, 2015 - 3:15 pm |January 27, 2016 From the Desk of Anne, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Literature, Regency Pastimes

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For most of the subjects of Reg Roms (gentlewomen and men), reading was a popular pastime to occupy days full of leisure. In Town, there Continue →

Regency Customs: All Hallows Eve and Nutcrack Night

By Anne | October 28, 2015 - 9:45 am |October 21, 2022 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Folklore, Regency Pastimes

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In the Regency era, All Hallows Eve or Nutcrack night would have largely been celebrations of the working class, and particularly the Irish and Scottish. Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Skittles

By Anne | June 9, 2015 - 7:31 pm |July 23, 2015 Regency Pastimes

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Before there was a rainbow of fruit flavors, Skittles meant a lawn bowling game that would eventually give birth to the modern 10 pin bowling. Continue →