Harry Gordon Selfridge
My new article at Wizzley: The Fairy Tale Rise To Success Of Harry Gordon Selfridge.
View ArticleWebsite of the Week: Flutissimo
Are you a fan of Edwardian parlour songs? Do you live near Perth in Western Australia? If you can answer "Yes" to these questions, please go to concerts by The Weatherly Club. These feature the lyrical...
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Anna Pavlova at the Music Hall
When Bronislava-Nijinska saw the great Anna Pavlova dance at the famous music hall, the Palace Theatre, in London, tears came to her eyes. She thought that appearing on the same bill as musicians,...
View ArticleThe Enterprising Widow: Eleanor Lucas
My mother gave me an exquisite pink slip one day, and I noticed that it was made in Australia by Eleanor Lucas. I had never heard of her, but when I looked her up I was quite amazed. This...
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When the Prince came to Ballarat in 1920
The rain fell in torrents on the cold June day, but excitement swept through the crowd. The handsome Prince of Wales would arrive soon! The Lucas girls* massed on each side were especially delighted....
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The Popular Australian Song Written in a Cemetery
Caroline wondered why the muse visited her at such strange times. Nevertheless, she was thankful. She had decided to enter the competition for a national song run by the Gawler Institute, but she had...
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Syrie and Mr Selfridge
Beaton, Cecil, Syrie Maugham, WikipediaOne of my favourite shows on TV now is the costume drama "Mr Selfridge," based on the larger-than-life Harry Selfridge who founded the huge London department...
View ArticleMother Passed Away Last Week
My beloved mother passed away last week. I may not feel like writing any blog posts for a while.
View ArticleSunderland in Edwardian Times
Watch Edwardian scenes from 'Auld Sunderland' in North East England here.
View ArticleEdwardian Splendour on the Royal Scotsman
I am thinking of putting this is on my 100 things list!
View ArticleEdwardian Renaissance Style
An excellent article with some examples of splendid Edwardian architecture in London.
View ArticleNew Post Soon!
I am busy at the moment planning renovations but I hope to write a new post soon!
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Eating Rice Pudding Under the Fig Tree. Bachelor Girl's Accommodation in London
Sah10406, The Mangle, Driscoll House, WikipediaYoung teacher Molly Vivian (who later became the famous Molly Hughes) was tired of sharing cold mutton with her friend each night in their dreary London...
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Bachelor Boys' Accommodation in Edwardian London
(A former Rowton House in Birmingham, Wikipedia) Although the majority of young and single working men lived with their families in the Edwardian age, several left home for the bigger cities,...
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Lemon Wax and Cameraderie in New York. Part One
(Katharine House, NYC, Wikimapia) Enza and Laura, two young ambitious seamstresses in The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani are delighted to find rooms at the relatively luxurious Milbank House in...
View ArticleA Good Place To Meet Potential Husbands?
William R. Martin, the founder of men's clothing store Rogers, Peet & co, was concerned. He watched the hordes of young working women settling in New York and worried about their dismal lodgings...
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The Taglioni of the North.
Imperious and formidable, Katti Lanner was a famous ballerina, choreographer and dancing mistress who taught many English ballerinas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Her career...
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I am sorry that I have neglected this blog for so long. I hope to write a new post soon!
View ArticleSpanish Flu in Australia
This terrible pandemic occurred well after the Edwardian era, but I thought that I'd include the link to my article anyway: Spanish Flu in Australia.
View ArticleThe Long Struggle of the Shopgirls
‘Nine-tenths of the fallen women in London were once shop assistants,’ Lord Brabazon said in 1883. Denise, the heroine of Zola’s famous novel Au Bonheurs des Dames, certainly had a struggle to keep...
View ArticleWould You Like To Buy An Unchanged Edwardian House?
I am sure that the price of this Edwardian house, inhabited for a long time by an artist, will soar!
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Coolgardie and the White Plague
Tuberculosis, often called the White Plague along with several other infectious diseases, swept through Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Something needed to be done to...
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