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Regency Household: Clean Your Chimney (Without Children)

By Anne | April 24, 2023 - 7:48 am |May 1, 2023 Regency Household

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This cleaning method appeared in The Family Receipt Book (1819).

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 Pastimes: Raree Show

By Anne | November 26, 2022 - 7:52 am |December 13, 2022 Regency Pastimes

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The raree show, or peep show, was thought to have been created by the 13th century Italian protean Leon Batista Alberti. Made popular by the Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Children’s Amusements in London

By Anne | November 14, 2022 - 7:55 am |November 8, 2022 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes, Regency Reader Questions

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Regency Reader Question What entertainments were children taken to in Regency London? And were they taken to the theatre? I am talking about a child Continue →