Assembly Rooms, February 2015

Assembly Rooms = a list of links to blogs and articles of interest to members of the Beau Monde.

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Dovecotes! http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2015/01/dovecotes-not-just-quaint-buildings.html

A tale of caution: http://angelynschmid.com/2015/01/09/regency-confessor-chance-over-reason/

Schooling for a young lady: http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2015/01/22-hans-place-mrs-rowdens-school.html

The ever-present problem of servants: http://historicalhussies.blogspot.com/2015/01/dealing-with-servants.html

Jane Austen’s Bath: https://cherylsregencyramblings.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/jane-austens-bath/

Dealing with deformity: http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-shape-of-georgian-beauty.html

The pedestrian curricle: http://mikerendell.com/1819-what-is-your-hobby/

A ghostly tale: https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/the-hammersmith-ghost/

Martello towers: http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/2009/08/martello-towers.html?m=1

How to make your morning chocolate: https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/drinking-chocolate/

The equerry: http://www.regencyhistory.net/2014/11/what-is-equerry.html

Regency fabrics, part 1: http://nineteenteen.blogspot.com/2014/12/acks-back-or-regency-fabrics-part-1.html

Regency fabrics, part 2: http://www.nineteenteen.blogspot.com/2015/01/regency-fabrics-part-2.html

A setting in Jane Austen’s Emma: https://janeausteninvermont.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/box-hill-in-jane-austens-emma-guest-post-by-tony-grant/

A macaroni: http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2014/11/dawe-macaroni-pantheon.html

Perils of travel: https://susanaellisauthor.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/the-york-road-the-stamford-regent-faces-the-peril-of-a-flood/

A lady sculptor: http://www.regencyhistory.net/2015/01/anne-seymour-damer-sculptor-1749-1828.html

Smoking back then: http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2015/01/regency-tobacco.html

A daredevil aeronaut: http://18thcand19thc.blogspot.com/2015/01/vincenzo-lunardi-daredevil-aeronaut.html

Crime and punishment: http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/01/criminal-injustice.html

The perils of shoes: http://fthoq.com/2015/01/19/photo-essay-fashion-victims-the-pleasures-and-perils-of-dress-in-the-19th-century-bata-shoe-museum/

The uses of sand: http://researchingfoodhistory.blogspot.com/2015/01/selling-sand-in-regency-london-for.html

The Great North Road: http://janeaustenslondon.com/2015/01/22/travelling-the-great-north-road-with-the-georgians/

Street vendors: http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/21/more-of-paul-sandbys-cries-of-london/

Tavern food: http://researchingfoodhistory.blogspot.com/2015/01/wine-devils-biscuits-for-drinkers-and.html

Faith, part one: http://www.madamegilflurt.com/2015/01/faith-in-georgian-england-part-1-18th.html

Inoculation foundlings: https://generousgeorgian.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/the-foundling-laboratory-inoculation-and-experimentation/

That coveted voucher: http://www.regencyhistory.net/2015/01/a-genuine-almacks-voucher.html

A safety hat for children: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O38483/pudding-safety-hat-unknown/

2 thoughts on “Assembly Rooms, February 2015

  1. There were some eighty hobby-horse velocipede prints, almost all dating from 1819. Each one is illustrated with comments in my book ‘Before the Bicycle’ published last year (available through http://www.artesius.org). Roger Street

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