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Regency Reader Questions: Hyde Park and Driving in the Dark

By Anne | February 10, 2017 - 8:19 am |March 6, 2017 Regency Pastimes, Regency Reader Questions

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Question: All the schedules I can find indicate that one called on acquaintances at 5 pm or later. And that the “fashionable hour” was from Continue →

Regency Events: The London Beer Flood of 1814

By Anne | January 18, 2017 - 8:06 am |February 17, 2017 Regency Events

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In looking into breweries in London, I ran into the story of the Great London Beer Flood of 1814….and thought this was a great opportunity Continue →

London Hot Spots: The Porter Brewery

By Anne | January 14, 2017 - 7:56 am |February 8, 2017 Regency Economy, Regency Hot Spots

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The ambulator; or, The stranger’s companion in a tour round London (1807) Porter beer rose in popularity in the 1700s, and would begin to dwindle Continue →

Regency H(n)ot Spots: Cranbourne Alley

By Anne | December 14, 2016 - 8:08 am |January 11, 2017 Regency Fashion, Regency Hot Spots

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(The above is a millinery shop in Paris c. 1822) Cranbourn(e) Alley (or Street) was a paved pedestrian thoroughfare that led from Castle Street to Continue →