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Ladies’ Gallery at the Commons

September 30th, 2007 | No Comments

“Situated in the House of Commons, the ladies gallery was a discreet and elite place for ladies–the wives, mothers, sisters and any other privileged female relation or acquaintance–to sit and watch the proceedings in Parliament. A highly coveted spot, it was nonetheless raided by Suffragettes in the late Edwardian era.
“Whilst the WSPU had been thus [...]

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The Season Abroad

September 6th, 2007 | 4 Comments

Up to the mid-nineteenth century the great leisure center of Europe were the German spas. However, when gambling was outlawed, the pendulum swung towards France and Monaco. The greater ease and inexpensive fares offered by both railways and ocean liners enabled society to hare off to Monte for a bit of gambling, to a [...]

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