Category Archives: Historic London

Lest We Forget – Emmeline Pankhurst, Ada Wright and Black Friday

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Susanna

A few days ago, the above image was posted on my Facebook newsfeed. The caption claimed that the woman huddled on the ground was Susan B. Anthony and included an inspirational message about why women needed to vote in this … Continue reading →

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Buying Fish and Shopping at Billingsgate Fish Market in Georgian and Victorian Times

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Susanna

It’s time to post another modern translation from John Trusler’s The London Adviser and Guide: Containing every Instruction and Information Useful and Necessary to Persons Living in London and Coming to Reside There published in 1786. In my last post … Continue reading →

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Eating in Georgian London: How to Buy Meat and Poultry, Sample Menus and Much Much More

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Susanna

It’s time for another exciting installment from The London Adviser and Guide!  Today we will learn how to purchase meat and poultry in Georgian London. To break up the text, I’m inserting images of course settings from various cookbooks from … Continue reading →

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Buying Bread and Milk in 18th and 19th Century London

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Susanna

“The cry of ‘Milk’ or the rattle of the milk-pail, will never cease to be heard in our streets. There can be no reservoirs of milk, no pipes through which it flows into the houses. The more extensive the great … Continue reading →

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In Search of Almack’s

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Susanna

The other evening, I was browsing through old books and periodicals, when I stumbled across an article on Almack’s in “The Illustrated London News,” 1843.  The text was hopelessly blurred and had run off the edge of the scanner. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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