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Kill or cure: Georgian medicine

Kill or cure: Georgian medicine

Posted on October 27, 2019January 22, 2021 by Harriet
Georgian medicine: introduction The best way to live a long and healthy life is stay away from doctors and never take medicine. Such was the philosophy of a relative of mine who made it to 94, before ... Read More
Georgian living: John Fawell’s worldly goods

Georgian living: John Fawell’s worldly goods

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Harriet
Georgian living: 1791 In 1791, George III was on the throne. His son Frederick, Duke of York, married Princess Frederica Charlotte of  Prussia. Composer Joseph Haydn arrived in England. And the Ordna... Read More
The Moon and the Cumbrian who disagreed with William Herschel

The Moon and the Cumbrian who disagreed with William Herschel

Posted on July 20, 2019January 22, 2021 by Harriet
A post for Saturday July 20, 2019: the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. A trawl through local newspapers in the late 1700s show Cumbrians were interested in the heavens. And one Cumbrian Ch... Read More
Drunkenness – the Georgian view

Drunkenness – the Georgian view

Posted on June 24, 2019January 22, 2021 by Harriet
In a previous post, I looked at the 18th century craze for gin. And how a Cumbrian Character – George Smith, of Kendal – published a ‘how to’ guide for setting up a small commercial still. Sm... Read More
Cumbrian gin – invented in Kendal

Cumbrian gin – invented in Kendal

Posted on June 8, 2019January 22, 2021 by Harriet
‘Cumbrian gin’ as a search term pulls up some tempting modern offerings. But did you know a Kendal distiller wrote a best-selling book about it in 1725? Gin is in. According to a feature i... Read More
James Ainslie – and Georgian medicine

James Ainslie – and Georgian medicine

Posted on September 23, 2018January 22, 2021 by Harriet
Georgian medicine wasn’t so much ‘kill or cure’ as ‘kill or do very little’. With nothing resembling quality control, or advertising standards, you could peddle any old c... Read More
Life in Georgian Cumbria

Life in Georgian Cumbria

Posted on January 31, 2018May 28, 2018 by Harriet
So far, Cumbrian Characters hasn’t touched much on Georgian Cumbria. Mainly because it’s easier to find information on the 19th century. Births, marriages and deaths were standardised as a civ... Read More

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