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By Anne | March 14, 2021 - 7:47 am |March 18, 2021 Regency Pastimes

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Defined in Francis Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue as “a schoolboy’s game, played with small round balls made of stone dust, called marbles”, Continue →

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Regency Pastimes: Travelling Piquet

By Anne | March 8, 2021 - 8:41 am |August 2, 2025 Regency Pastimes, Regency Travel

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that passing the time while travelling in a vehicle was, in the Regency era the same as today, sometimes as Continue →

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Regency Pastimes: The Management of Canary Birds

By Anne | December 4, 2020 - 7:05 am |December 10, 2020 Regency Pastimes

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These tips, from the Domestic Guide, appeared in the December 1808 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.

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Regency Pastimes: Crafts with Gilt

By Anne | February 24, 2019 - 3:14 pm |March 1, 2019 Regency Pastimes

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Gold leaf in craft is having its heyday again, but it was also popular in the Regency. Check out the above DIY how tos that Continue →

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