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Tag: Christmas

Posted on:December 18, 2018February 14, 2022Seasonal

“Dazzling in the Extreme”: Ice Skating in the Victorian Era

Winter is well and truly here, and that means that a plethora of sites have popped up outdoor ice skating rinks for the public to enjoy. In England, at least, Christmas seems to be tied strongly with the sport – although there are plenty of indoor rinks that people can use all year round, many […]

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Posted on:November 30, 2017February 14, 2022Seasonal

When The Thames Froze Over: The ‘Little Ice Age’ Thames Frost Fairs

Between roughly 1300 – 1850, the world experienced the ‘Little Ice Age’, where there was significant cooling in global temperatures. Temperatures and the effects varied from region to region and year to year, but there were 3 significant intervals of particular cold, c. 1650, c. 1770, and c. 1850. In England, this resulted in particularly […]

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Posted on:December 16, 2016February 15, 2022Seasonal

Have Yourself a Merry Little (Medieval) Christmas

With Christmas soon approaching, it is only appropriate to have a Christmas themed post! We all have our own Christmas traditions on how we spend our time over the festive season, and lots of these traditions are influenced by the culture we grew up in. But how would you be spending this day if you […]

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