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WHERE DID “COPPER” COME FROM? September, 2019

May 7, 2025

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The 190th Anniversary of the Founding of the Metropolitan Police Force The 29th September 2019 will mark the 190th anniversary of the founding of the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel. It’s difficult for many to imagine a world in which there’s no police. Almost more difficult to imagine is a society so resistant to…

BE MY VICTORIAN VALENTINE, February 2019

May 7, 2025

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T.G. Campbell

in research, victorian

A glimpse into the nineteenth century’s “day of love” Valentine’s Day as we know it today is considered by some as a modern phenomenon. Proclamations of love in various forms are as old as the human race itself. Yet, we often cite Valentine’s Day as being a holiday created by the greeting card manufacturers to…

PANCAKE DAY: A Victorian Tradition, March 2019

May 7, 2025

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T.G. Campbell

in research, victorian

A glimpse into the nineteenth century’s “flipping” great holiday Personally, I have never liked the pancakes which are traditionally made for Shrove Tuesday. Like St Valentine’s Day, though, it has become an annual holiday that most consider “modern”. For many, the delight lies in the making of one (or several) of the aforementioned pancakes and…

BRAM STOKER’S WHITBY, December 2018

May 7, 2025

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T.G. Campbell

in research, victorian

During the weekend before Christmas I was fortunate to enjoy a stay in the Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby with friends. As it’s become synonymous with Bram Stoker and his great Gothic work Dracula I thought it would be fitting to feature it in this month’s blog. I’d always wanted to visit Whitby after reading about it…

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WHERE DID “COPPER” COME FROM? September, 2019

BE MY VICTORIAN VALENTINE, February 2019

PANCAKE DAY: A Victorian Tradition, March 2019

BRAM STOKER’S WHITBY, December 2018