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027 – Younger, not Junior

Posted on October 21, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This episode takes a look at the man who was Prime Minister at the beginning of the 19th Century, William Pitt the Younger.

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026 – Mind your manners

Posted on October 7, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This episode takes a look at one of the fundamentals of Victorian society. Etiquette. Would you know what to do in some of the tense social situations you might find yourself in?

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025 – Stuck on you

Posted on September 23, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This episode is a light look at one of the era’s great innovations – the humble postage stamp. It helped change the world and open communications regardless of class and wealth.

 

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024 – The Great Hunger

Posted on September 9, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

In an era that saw incredible achievements throughout the Kingdom, one part of the realm was desperate and dying in the hundreds of thousands. Welcome to mid 19th Century Ireland and the Great Famine.

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023 – What’s for dinner

Posted on August 26, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This episode I’m having a look at some of the foods people ate and what their diet was like during the Victorian era!

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022 – Something smells in your neighbourhood

Posted on August 12, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This episode I take a look at the event of the year 1858 in London and what became known as ‘The Great Stink’

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021 – The second greatest Briton

Posted on July 29, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an incredible engineer that changed both his world and the one we live in today. Brilliant by any standard he not only saved lives, but made the world a smaller place.

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020 – Where’s my Uber?

Posted on July 15, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This week I take a look at how you would get about in the biggest city in the world. Carriages, trains and ferries oh my!

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019 – Smile, you’re dead

Posted on July 1, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

This episode I have a look at the items known as Momento Mori – photographs of the recently deceased taken alone or sometimes with family members and why this happened.

 

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018 – Light my fire

Posted on June 17, 2021 by victoriangaslamp

It’s 1861 and in Tooley Street, London a fire breaks out in the warehouses along the docks. This is one of the defining moments in the history of the London Fire Brigade.

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