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Regency Pastimes: Sailing and Rowing Competitions

By Anne | April 28, 2023 - 7:17 am |May 11, 2023 Regency Pastimes

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The Picture of London, for 1803 (1802) The annual Picture of London would tell tales of sailing and rowing competitions on the Thames in the Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Playing Cards

By Anne | March 16, 2023 - 7:31 am |March 21, 2023 Regency Advertisements, Regency Pastimes

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This ad appeared in the August 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblée. According to this post: “Up until the middle of the 19th century, the Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Hunt the Fox

By Anne | February 16, 2023 - 7:13 am |February 25, 2023 Regency Pastimes

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While not a unique to the Regency, hunt the fox was a popular children’s chasing game. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Anne Gunn

By Anne | January 28, 2023 - 8:38 am |February 13, 2023 Regency Pastimes, Regency Science and Invention, Regency Women of Character

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Anne Gunn nee Young (1756-1813) was a Scottish music teacher and inventor of a set of board games, Musical Games, created to teach children musical Continue →