There was a warning about Vitriol throwing in London in the Times in 1867. Surprisingly not an unknown occurrence. Viv.
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Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago
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DavidGrain
master brummie
Mike, Might be of interest to the current pensioners at Chelsea if you were to send them a copy.
paul stacey
master brummie
#965/2, must have been amazing to watch.paul
DavidGrain
master brummie
Try laura.card@chelsea-pensioners.org.uk She is in charge of PR
Wonder where they kept the porpoise. Must have had an enormous tank or pond! Viv.
12.8.1863
I like the detail that the cap was dusted with flour. no 63 Coleshill St is a grocers, but would not have thought working there would cover people in flour
Did not realise that criminals were sever separated by religion in regard to their place of reform
I like the detail that the cap was dusted with flour. no 63 Coleshill St is a grocers, but would not have thought working there would cover people in flour
Did not realise that criminals were sever separated by religion in regard to their place of reform
13.8.1863
A site has been chosen, in Cambridge st, for the first of the proposed dining rooms for the industrious poor.
Swans for sale. I thought , with a few isolated exceptions swans belonged to the Queen, or is that just down south.
The ginger beer machine definitely sounds like a creation of Emmett.
Antics of a young girl.
An even more extreme device than Heath Robinson himself might find difficult to imagine
Description of working Newcoman's first steam engine.
Killed by a fall of malt.
Collapse of Bilston churchyard.
A site has been chosen, in Cambridge st, for the first of the proposed dining rooms for the industrious poor.
Swans for sale. I thought , with a few isolated exceptions swans belonged to the Queen, or is that just down south.
The ginger beer machine definitely sounds like a creation of Emmett.
Antics of a young girl.
An even more extreme device than Heath Robinson himself might find difficult to imagine
Description of working Newcoman's first steam engine.
Killed by a fall of malt.
Collapse of Bilston churchyard.
brummie nick
master brummie
Quote" Not sure what cows hair was used for, but it obviously had a value"
I believe cows hair was used in the plastering trade in those times.
I believe cows hair was used in the plastering trade in those times.
DavidGrain
master brummie
Must have caused some amusement , if there was anyone around with my sense of humour in those days that a celebration of the completion of the London and North Western station should have taken place in a pub named after the rival Great Western
15.8.1863
A very quick service. I can understand why people were annoyed.
Unlike many products advertised in Victorian papers, Keating's Persian insect destroying powder would have worked , as it was the crushed dried flowers of varieties of pyrethrum, the artificial equivalent still being used as an insecticide.
How the mechanical age has changed people's knowledge. how many people today would not know what a spanner was ?
A very quick service. I can understand why people were annoyed.
Unlike many products advertised in Victorian papers, Keating's Persian insect destroying powder would have worked , as it was the crushed dried flowers of varieties of pyrethrum, the artificial equivalent still being used as an insecticide.
How the mechanical age has changed people's knowledge. how many people today would not know what a spanner was ?
The Hagley Fete food supplied by Mr Heyden looks like a good mix for all tastes. Lobster seems grand by today's standards, but maybe it was cheaper in the 1860s. I had to check out 'collard' eels. Couldn't find an exact description but seems the eels might have been stewed, perhaps with greens(?). Like the sound of the veal and ham pie and venison patties. All looks like pretty upmarket stuff to me. Viv.
rosie
brummie
"Mrs. Beeton" says collared eels are skinned split, then sprinkled with a mixture of herbs, cloves, mace and allspice which have been pounded finely. Then rolled and bound and boiled in vinegar and water and kept in this boiling liquor with more vinegar. It seems to be like "Soused Herrings" or maybe "Rollmops".
rosie.
rosie.
That would make sense Rosie. But can't say it makes the eels any more appetising (well not to me) ! Viv.
Radiorails
master brummie
That, Mike, was most probably horsehair which helps the mortar to key on the lath.
