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The articles posted here are dedicated to the memory of Georgette Heyer in gratitude for the many hours of enjoyment her books have given me. She was an artist with words whose meticulously researched novels never fail to transport me to the Georgian or Regency eras.
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Morgan and Sanders: Patent Furniture Manufactory
Despite the fact that the firm of Morgan and Sanders was considered the leading patent furniture-maker in London during the Regency, neither partner ever actually never filed for a single patent for any of the unique furniture pieces they produced. … Continue reading
Posted in Furnishings
Tagged Art, Books, Furniture, Games, Interior Decor, Regency, Regency Bicentennial, Technology
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Carshalton: Commercial and Industrial
Last week, I wrote about the rural delights of the countryside around Carshalton village during the Regency. This week, the focus will be on the village itself, and the various commercial and industrial activities which were ongoing in the surrounding … Continue reading
Regency Bicentennial: The Turk Returns to London
Two hundred years ago, a chess-playing automaton returned to London, where it was on exhibit for much of the year. This same automaton, widely known as "The Turk," had already been displayed in England, thirty-five years before. However, a few … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainments
Tagged Art, Games, Regency, Regency Bicentennial, Science, Technology
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Regency Bicentennial: The Earliest Easter
This coming Thursday marks the two hundredth anniversary of the earliest possible date for Easter Sunday in the Western Christian calendar in half a millenia. Easter will not fall that early in the year again for more than two hundred … Continue reading
Napoleonic Prisoner of War Crafts
Before you reject the prospect out of hand, Dear Regency Authors, you might find that one of these unique objects could make an interesting prop for an upcoming tale of romance. Many prisoners of war held in England from the … Continue reading
Knucklebones: From Oracles to Games
Though it may seem rather ghoulish to toy with knucklebones taken from the skeletons of various animals, people have actually done it for millenia. Many children, and even some adults, were still doing it during the Regency. And some of … Continue reading
Shinty: Game or Brawl?
In the Regency, it could be both, depending upon where and how it was played. Shinty is an ancient game, so old that no one really knows where or who played the first game. But it was certainly played in … Continue reading
Of Taw, or Marbles, Through the Regency
Games played using small spheres have been in existence for centuries. Such games were also played in many parts of Britain during the Regency. Games of marbles are still played around the world, even today. However, there have been some … Continue reading
Of Bilbo-catch and Bilbo Catchers
". . . just a family party, for those who don’t care a straw for fashionable squeezes, but like to spend a cozy evening playing Jackstraws, or Bilbo-catch, or Speculation — . . . " Chapter 12 of Frederica … Continue reading
Regency Bicentennial: Waterloo Stuff
Today, one might find important current events memorialized on a T-shirt, a mug, a poster or a mouse pad. Though none of those items existed two centuries ago, there were still plenty of objects that could be pressed into service … Continue reading
Posted in Oddments
Tagged Art, Books, Furniture, Games, Jewellery, Regency, Regency Bicentennial, Travel
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Halloween in Cornwall: Allantide and Allan Apples
Though All Hallows’ Eve, the night before All Hallows’ or All Saints’ Day, has been associated with the Christian calendar for millenia, it has its ancient roots in the pagan celebrations of autumn and harvest-time. Such celebrations were common to … Continue reading
Backgammon in England During the Regency
Backgammon is a board or "table" game which has roots going back to ancient times. In fact, most scholars believe it even pre-dates chess, and is the oldest known board game. The game was certainly known in England during the … Continue reading
Draughts or Checkers — A Brief History
Checkers, or Draughts, are two different names for the same board game. One is more commonly used in England, while the other is most common in America. Curiously, in this case, it is the former colonies of England which uses … Continue reading
Quill-Work or Quilling?
This delicate craft had been known for more than five hundred years when it became popular once again in the late eighteenth century. A popularlity which continued right through the Regency, especially among gently-bred ladies of the upper and middle … Continue reading
Posted in Hobbies & Crafts
Tagged Art, Books, Furniture, Games, Interior Decor, Jane Austen, Regency
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Halloween in the Regency
Or not. In fact, it depended upon the part of the British Isles in which one lived whether, or how, that particular holy day eve was recognized and/or celebrated. Halloween has ancient roots as a pagan new year and … Continue reading
Regency Bicentennial: First Cricket Match at Lord’s “New” Ground
This Sunday marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the first cricket match played at Lord’s brand new cricket ground in St. John’s Wood. However, this was not the first cricket ground established by Thomas Lord, or even the second. It was, … Continue reading
Regency Bicentennial: The Last Frost Fair — Part Two
Last week, I wrote about the beginning of 1814 Frost Fair, which lasted four days. Two centuries ago, this past Wednesday, the last Frost Fair to be held on the River Thames in London had come to an end. Temperatures … Continue reading
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