Queen Victoria’s Tiaras Queen Adelaide’s Diamond Fringe Tiara. The Sapphire Coronet. The Strawberry Leaf Tiara. The Emerald and Diamond Tiara. The Oriental Circlet. The Sunray Fringe Tiara. The Pearl and Diamond Tiara. The Indian Ruby, Lasque, and Pearl Tiara. What crowns did Queen Victoria wear? The Small Diamond Crown of Queen Victoria is a miniature […]
Author: Darrel Pratt
What Was The Average Family Size In Victorian Times?
Families were most important to Victorians. They were rather large compared to families nowadays, with an average of five or six children and their organization was also very patriarchal. Victorians encouraged hard work, respectability, social deference and religious conformity. Why did Victorians have big families? Only 40 per cent of children born in the 1850’s […]
What Was Being A Child Like In The Victorian Age?
Children worked very long hours with little breaks and no fresh air. They often worked in very dangerous conditions resulting in injuries or even death. There was no education for the poor, so it was very unlikely they could get better paid jobs when they were older. What was life like as a child in […]
Were There Servants In The Victorian Era?
Lower Servants: They included: Footmen; Under-Butlers; Housemaids; Nursery-Maids; Still-room Maids; Kitchen Maids; Scullery Maids; Laundry-Maids; Dairymaids; Kitchen Men; Baker and Helpers. Some of their jobs will be undertaken by your class!! How were servants treated in Victorian times? Servants in Victorian England were a small step up from abject poverty as they generally had quarters […]
Is The Light Bulb A Victorian Invention?
Many of the things we take for granted today, such as photography, telephones, electric light bulbs and cars were invented during Queen Victoria’s reign. What era was the light bulb invented? On January 27, 1880, Edison received the historic patent embodying the principles of his incandescent lamp that paved the way for the universal domestic […]
Did They Have Cameras In The Victorian Era?
How the Victorian Camera Worked. The bellows camera was the most commonly used type of camera during the Victorian era. This camera influenced the properties of light to create an image on a piece of film, called a negative. This piece of film was then processed with chemicals, creating a printed image. Did the Victorians […]
Did The Victorian Era Have Telephones?
It was so captivating that even Queen Victoria could not resist but show her gratitude towards Bell by buying a set of telephone for her own. The telephone system was first used and introduced in traditional ways. Were there phones during the Victorian era? Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone to Queen Victoria in 1878, […]
How Many Of Queen Victoria’S Descendants Have Hemophilia?
Our story starts, almost inevitably, with Queen Victoria of England who had nine children by Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Victoria was certainly an obligate carrier for haemophilia as over 20 individuals subsequently inherited the condition (1, 2). How many of Queen Victoria’s grandchildren had hemophilia? Leopold was the only one of Queen Victoria’s haemophiliac descendants […]
What Games Did Victorians Play With Marbles?
The most common marble game played was called “Ring Taw“. It’s the same game that children play today. A circle is made from string, or drawn on the ground with chalk, or in the dirt. The marbles that were placed inside the circle were called, nibs”. What games did people play in Victorian times? Board […]
What Would A Poor Victorian Child Find In Their Stocking?
In a “poor child’s” Christmas stocking, which first became popular from around 1870, only an apple, orange and a few nuts could be found. Father Christmas / Santa Claus – Normally associated with the bringer of the above gifts, is Father Christmas or Santa Claus. What did Victorian children get for Christmas? Gift giving was […]