Category: Victoria

Victorian children used to play football with leather balls similar to this one, which is fastened with lace and sometimes buttons. As leather absorbed water, heading it was very painful! What was a football made of in the 1800s? The first properly made ball was simply a pig or sheep’s bladder, inflated by good old […]

Sunday schools were set up in the Victorian period to provide basic reading, writing and arithmetic lessons as well as Religious Education. At the time, when many children worked to support their families, Sunday Schools provided the only opportunity for some education. What is the meaning of Sunday school? Sunday school, also called church school, […]

They still had plenty of ways to amuse themselves though. Most towns like Huddersfield had theatres and music halls, and many of the local churches held social events. Sports were popular – rugby, football, cycling – and the growth of the train network meant that it was much easier for people to travel. What did […]

In 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert got gifted a 1,000-pound cheese wheel. The block of cheese weighed over 500 kilograms and was made from the milk of 750 cows. The queen accepted the present, but the farmers who made the cheese then asked for it to be exhibited. What did Queen Victoria get for […]

About: In 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India. Who assumed the title Empress of India May 1876? Queen VictoriaThe EIC was officially dissolved on 1 June 1874, and the British prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, decided to offer Queen Victoria the title “empress of India” shortly afterwards. Victoria […]

The windows in a Victorian classroom were high up (to stop pupils looking out of the window) and the rooms were lit by gaslights. As a result, the schoolrooms were gloomy and often stuffy. Sometimes different classrooms were only divided from the others by curtains. What Victorian schools were like? Victorian schools were very strict […]

Board games such as Snakes and Ladders, Ludo and Draughts were popular indoor games. Outdoors, Victorian children played with toys like hoops, marbles and skipping ropes, with friends in the street, or in the school playground. They played chasing games such as Tag, Blind Man’s Bluff, and played catch with balls. What board games were […]

The state of Victoria, Australia, has a strong sporting culture and includes many popular sports. The most popular sports played in the state are basketball, Australian rules football, cricket, shooting, soccer, and netball. Horse racing joins that list as the most popular spectator sports. What is the number 1 sport in Australia? Australian rules football […]

Life was very hard for workers in most Victorian factories. The working day lasted for twelve hours or more and Sunday was the only full day off. Some factories did allow the workers to go home early on Saturdays. The machines were very loud and they thundered relentlessly all day long. What was life like […]

The central pylon of the memorial is of Pentelic marble, and individual statues are in Lasa marble and gilt bronze. Is the Victoria Memorial made of gold? The monument is 25 metres high and uses 2,300 tonnes of white Carrara marble. As well as Victoria, there are statues representing courage, constancy, victory, charity, truth and […]