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fromianVisits
5 days ago

Billiards without Beer: The time London tried to cure itself of the booze

At their peak, nearly a third of England's temperance halls aimed at curbing the scourge of alcohol once stood in London - a statistic that says as much about Victorian drinking habits in the capital as it does about the scale of the movement that rose up to challenge them. And many of the survivors are "hidden in plain sight" with new names and functions.
History
History
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 week ago

Historian Lucy Worsley believes team have solved Thames Torso murder mystery

Historians identify James Crick, a violent bargeman, as the likely Thames Torso Murderer who dismembered multiple women in late Victorian London.
Arts
from48 hills
1 month ago

Live Shots: Dickens Fair 2025 takes the plum cake-just watch for the squirrel - 48 hills

The 2025 Great Dickens Christmas Fair immerses visitors in richly detailed Victorian London through costumed participants, interactive performances, vendors, and intimate moments.
Food & drink
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Dickens Christmas Fair: The best, newest and most unusual foods to try this year

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair recreates Victorian London annually with period costumes, immersive atmosphere, long-standing family food vendors, and traditional dishes like fish and chips.
History
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

How Did The World Get So Ugly?: Then Versus Now

Victorian London's extreme overcrowding and sewage pollution made the city dangerous until Joseph Bazalgette's sewer and decorative embankment improved sanitation and urban design.
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fromFuncheap
2 months ago

SF's 41st Annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair (Final Day)

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair at Cow Palace runs five weekends Nov 23–Dec 22 with online-only tickets, priced $45 adult, $25 youth, free under 5.
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

SF's 41st Annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

WHERE: The Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City, CAWHEN: Five weekends from November 23 through December 22 including the Friday after Thanksgiving, from 10 am to 6 pm. Please note, tickets are only available online. Tickets on sale now. Please note that Red Barn Productions, producers of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, is the only official seller. There are no authorized ticket resellers or on-site box office.
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fromFuncheap
2 months ago

SF's 41st Annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

WHERE: The Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City, CAWHEN: Five weekends from November 23 through December 22 including the Friday after Thanksgiving, from 10 am to 6 pm. Please note, tickets are only available online. Tickets on sale now. Please note that Red Barn Productions, producers of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, is the only official seller. There are no authorized ticket resellers or on-site box office.
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