Noticeably only for young males (or gentlemen according to the advert). This would, I guess, be an elementary three R's curriculum.
I am curious about the closure. Was this due to Mrs. Fearon and her daughters having a short holiday? I don't think factories and other small industries closed down at this time (1826), but there were trips and exclusions run by the new railways after 1840 - for those who could afford them - but the 1844 Parliamentary trains Act did allow a less costly journey. Wakes Weeks and similar came some time later I believe and paid holidays were a 20th. century introduction.
On the other hand some of her pupils may have been away with family during the summer.
Tacitus wrote back in April 2010 about plague victims buried in Ladywood area. I noticed recently the large number of burials 1760-1761. Wondering if this was a specific epidemic or a large number of plagues in the area. Don't have access to any newspapers of the day, just hoping someone might know of a cause. Cholera, maybe?
Not sure about Birmingham but in April 1761 there was a huge influenza outbreak in London. This caused a significant number of deaths. Maybe similar in Birmingham?Tacitus wrote back in April 2010 about plague victims buried in Ladywood area. I noticed recently the large number of burials 1760-1761. Wondering if this was a specific epidemic or a large number of plagues in the area. Don't have access to any newspapers of the day, just hoping someone might know of a cause. Cholera, maybe?
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Don't you mean 1831?
I do indeed Mike, corrected, thanks.
My husband refused to watch it and asked why I should want to. Just as you say, I wanted to see whether we'd learned any lessons from this 17thC pandemic. and we don't appear to have done so.Channel 5 recently showed a series of 3 programmes titled 'The Great Plague' now available on catchup (My5). Although it doesn't mention Birmingham it's interesting to learn how the plague was spread and with particular reference to Eyam how they discovered it could be prevented from spreading by social distancing. That was in 1666 - don't we ever learn! Worth watching.