Writers in London in the 1890s

A blog dedicated to the research tangents of one writer, while writing about writers in London in the 1890s. Find fun and curious tidbits about Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, and many others!

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Showing posts with label industry. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Jobs for Women: the Angel in the Workforce

For 465 years, from 1377 to 1835 [the Ship and Turtle Tavern] was run by a succession of widows. During the Victorian era, the Ship and...

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Parenty's Smoking Machine

After finding a list of bizarre Victorian inventions , I couldn't get the first one out of my head. It was a smoking machine. The list...

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