🎙New Episode🎙
In our latest episode we explore the rituals, superstitions, and customs that surround death from the practical to the profound. What can we learn from historical funeral practices?
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#History #Folklore #Shropshire #Death #Funerals #Deathfolklore #Victorians #VictorianHistory
Did you know?
In 1877, Henry Spencer Ashbee published an Index of Erotic Literature to preserve forgotten works that society deemed too scandalous. Today, his collection remains a goldmine for researchers, and invites us to challenge notions of Victorian propriety.
Today's the birthday of #CharlesDickens who was #BOTD in 1812, 213 years ago!
#Dickens often depicts #ChildPoverty in #VictorianEngland, as does this new book by Lynn Hamilton on the reality of impoverished kids like #OliverTwist in #VictorianHistory
Hello loves, latest My Love Letter Time Machine podcast episode out now. CW - Victorian alcohol abuse. Janie’s delight at at the family seaside day out is tempered by Emma’s increasingly unkind behaviour. This week Janie takes us to Cleepthorpes, then as now, probably the nearest bit of sandcastle sand to Sheffield. Absolutely love putting this episode together. Link: https://mylovelettertimemachine.buzzsprout.com/ (you should prob unfollow me if you don't want me bleating on about the pod).
#Podcast #HistoryPodcast #PodcastHistory #Handsworth #Cleethorpes #Cleethorpeshistory #Sheffield #SheffieldHistory #Yorkshire #YorkshireHistory #ironworks #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #victorianera #victorianhistory #victorian #letterwriting #history #historica #womenshistory #familyhistory #industrialhistory #industrialheritage #TrueStory #Middlesbrough #teeside #letterwriting
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