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A history of pickling

Posted by Katherine on October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 in 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Food

And now to turn to something I love and explore the wonderful history of pickling. Pickled onions, pickled cucumbers, pickled eggs – you name it, I love it. And like many British favourites, it derives from the need to preserve…

The neo-gothic redesign of the Palace of Westminster

Posted by Katherine on April 25, 2014May 30, 2014 in 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Local, Medieval

The complex of buildings found at Westminster is a little architecturally confusing. We have Westminster Abbey, clearly old from what you see inside it, Westminster Hall and the Palace of Westminster, which look similar, and Big Ben, which screams Victoriana. These buildings can easily blend together if you don’t look carefully and that blending was indeed the intention of the designers.

The baby cage: a 1930s parenting solution

Posted by Katherine on April 24, 2014September 24, 2014 in 20th Century

I noticed a picture of a baby cage made it into the Metro the other day. It seems that this historical oddity is one that constantly comes in and out of the media and causes incredible public shock and outrage every time. It is amazing how attitudes change, so that something invented in the 1920s to do nothing but good now leaves us struggling to believe it ever happened.

The Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum

Posted by Katherine on October 30, 2013 in 20th Century, Exhibitions

I visited the Churchill War Rooms many years ago and since my memories of it were hazy, I thought I’d check it out and see how it had changed. I remembered looking in on the old rooms and had a…

Everything stops for tea – Jack Buchanan

Posted by Katherine on June 27, 2013February 22, 2018 in 20th Century, Food

Everything Stops for Tea is a song written by Maurice Sigler with lyrics by Al Goodheart and American Al Hoffman, for the 1935 musical Come Out Of The Pantry. It is about tea being England’s favourite drink, however both the composer and the musical were…

Listerine: The rebirth of bad breath

Posted by Katherine on June 13, 2013 in 19th Century, 20th Century

People have always suffered from bad breath, and there have always been suggested remedies for it, such as wine mouthwashes, charcoal toothpaste and chewing herbs. However at the turn of the century, advertisers seized on the common problem of bad…

Beau Brummell – London’s first dandy

Posted by Katherine on June 7, 2013 in 18th Century, 19th Century, Television

On this day in 1778, George Bryan Brummell (known as Beau Brummell) was born in Downing Street London. His father was private secretary to the prime minister, Lord North, and his family was very upwardly mobile, living at The Grove, in Donnington,…

Motley Crew

Posted by Katherine on June 7, 2013 in 18th Century, Language, Medieval

The phrase ‘motley crew’ derives from the eighteenth century. ‘Motley’ is a medieval word meaning mixed in colour and often referred to clothing. The Motley was therefore the court jester due to his multi-coloured costume. The meaning of the word…

London Bridge explained

Posted by Katherine on August 2, 2012 in 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Medieval

Yesterday in 1831, London Bridge was opened. This is a misleading statement because the bridge opened on that day was just one of several bridges referred to as London Bridge over the course of the history of London. Not only…

The Black Country Living Museum

Posted by Katherine on July 27, 2012 in 19th Century, 20th Century, Exhibitions

I visited the Black Country Living Museum last month, which is just outside Dudley near Birmingham. It’s an interesting mix of museum and reconstructed town with actors, reconstructed shops, an old mine and a canal with tunnels. It’s huge and…

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