Author: Clint Curtis

Though even wealthy families did not take a full bath daily, they were not unclean. It was the custom for most people to wash themselves in the morning, usually a sponge bath with a large washbasin and a pitcher of water on their bedroom washstands. Women might have added perfume to the water. How often […]

5 Victorian Slang Words We Wish Existed in Modern English Muffin-Walloper. An old or unmarried woman who liked to meet up with her friends for tea, cakes, and a long gossip. Bags o’ Mystery. This is a brilliant term for sausages! Cop a Mouse. Mutton Shunter. Fly Rink. What are some Victorian words? 56 Delightful […]

There was no deodorant, let alone disposable razors, so some women placed half-moon-shaped “dress shields” between their clothes and their hairy, sweaty armpits. But really, the most surefire way for a lady to deal with body odor was to wear perfume — a lot of it. What did they use for deodorant in the old […]

Women’s fashion in the Victorian era was known for its big skirts, tight corsets, and bonnets. Women in this time period wore many layers of dresses, blouses, skirts, coats, and they were prohibited to show as little as an ankle. Under these dresses the women wore corsets that limited their movement throughout the day. What […]

The ideal Victorian woman was pure, chaste, refined, and modest. This ideal was supported by etiquette and manners. The etiquette extended to the pretension of never acknowledging the use of undergarments (in fact, they were sometimes generically referred to as “unmentionables”). What is Victorian attitude? Generally speaking, Victorian moral codes emphasized faith, charity, and respect. […]

The Massive Victoria’s Secret NYC Has Luxury Features Barbara Farfan is a retail industry expert with more than 20 years as a business consultant for the retail and publishing industries. The world’s largest Victoria’s Secret is located in Herald Square on Broadway in New York City. What is the biggest Victoria Secret store? Victoria’s Secret […]

The Victoria Tunnel runs beneath the city from the Town Moor down to the Tyne. It was built in 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery to riverside staithes (jetties) ready for loading onto ships. How deep is the Victoria Tunnel? 85 feetThe tunnel is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) in length with a maximum […]

Victorians encouraged hard work, respectability, social deference and religious conformity. Upper and middle class families usually lived in big and comfortable houses. Each member of the family had its own place and the parents made sure the children were taught to ‘know their place’. What were typical Victorian values? If we ask academics to enumerate […]

Warmhearted and lively, Victoria had a gift for drawing and painting; educated by a governess at home, she was a natural diarist and kept a regular journal throughout her life. On William IV’s death in 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. What was Queen Victoria’s personality type? Famous ISTJs include Queen Elizabeth […]

As of 2022 there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. What countries does the Queen of England rule? Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth […]