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Consumption – a far from romantic disease

Posted on February 2, 2019February 21, 2021 by HarrietP

Scarlet fever in the 1800s

Posted on October 20, 2018January 22, 2021 by HarrietP

Scarlet fever in the 1800s was a common disease among children – and a deadly one. And sadly, cleanliness and ventilation were either a luxury for poorer households, or maybe not appreciated as impo... Read More

Cumbrian lodging houses – dens of disease

Posted on September 29, 2018January 22, 2021 by HarrietP

If you imagine Cumbrian lodging houses in the 1800s were in any way better than those in the big industrial cities elsewhere in England, you’d be wrong. Conditions for those forced to live in th... Read More

Cumbrian Characters

Family history is so much more than names and dates

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