Author: Darrel Pratt

Children made up more than 25 percent of the British workforce in mines, factories, and workshops. Did all children go to work in the Victorian era? Many Victorian children were poor and worked to help their families. This was not unusual during these times and not seen at all as cruel. You had to work […]

The children of the poor were not thought to be a blessing, but often a burden on the family. With no laws to protect children, this meant they had few rights and were badly treated. Seen as simply the property of their parents, many children were abandoned, abused and even bought and sold. What was […]

After hearing about what she had endured during her absence, Anne made the decision to turn Victoria into a vampire to free her from a life of slavery and hardships, and introduced her to their coven. When the Volturi destroyed her coven, Anne and Victoria attempted to escape slaughter. Does Victoria turn into a vampire? […]

Their shirt had large rounded, stiff collars and was often worn without a tie. Boys would wear a waistcoat or jumper under their jacket. Some boys wore a cap or even a bowler type hat, but these would not be worn indoors. What did a Victorian boy wear? Boys would commonly dress according to their […]

Boys wore a shirt, trousers and ankle boots, or shorts with long socks, with a jacket with a waistcoat or a jumper underneath. What would a Victorian boy wear to school? The Victorian schoolboy (not those in public schools) would have worn jackets and stout trousers. On their feet they wore ankle boots, and those […]

From the mid-16th century until the late 19th or early 20th century, young boys in the Western world were unbreeched and wore gowns or dresses until an age that varied between two and eight. At what age did boys start wearing pants? Between the age of 4-6, they would have their hair shorn and graduate […]

In Victorian times the use of gloves grew increasingly mandated before falling into the “classy choice option” that they would become in the Jazz age and beyond. Victorians loved their codes of conduct. Gloves in particular were expected to be used in specific ways, but always used. Did Victorian men wear gloves? Gloves & Social […]

She is the longest-lived British princess of royal blood, and was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. Princess Alice was the chatelaine of Rideau Hall in Ottawa from 1940 until 1946, while her husband Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, served as Governor General of Canada. Are any of Queen Victoria’s descendants still alive? […]

Today, jewelry experts estimate the crown is worth a stunning $3.4 to $5.7 billion. What Queen Victoria coins are valuable? The Queen Victoria Sovereign coin is highly collectible, but other gold and silver Victorian coin types include the shilling, florin and crown. How much is a Queen Victoria 1887 coin worth? The scarcest of the […]

Victorian morality and virtues were governed by religious thoughts and teachings. Through their sermons on faith, the clergy were able to spread the “Word of God” to followers. They had the responsibility of engaging their congregations in prayer and service. What was religion like in Victorian era? Throughout the 19th century England was a Christian […]