This is it!
The weekend everyone has been waiting for over the last 2 years!
Come out to Rosebud Park in Didsbury AB on both Saturday and Sunday and stroll through history from Viking times to WWII.
The Victorian Society will have its largest camp ever and a working replica of the Dominion Telegraph of 1876.
Come by and say "Hi"!
See you there.
The Victorian Society of Alberta
It's time for another instalment of Fashion Friday!
This month we are featuring a website in the USA that has a ton of outfits suitable for your Old West and Victorian (esque) needs.
They have a couple of fascinating Victorian Style Guides (the mens one is at the link) that go with their complete outfits.
I have not purchased anything from them but the reviews seem good so YMMV.
Their blog is here:
Lots of fun products some that look fairly accurate others that are just that...FUN
Definitely worth checking out.
Enjoy
The Victorian Society of Alberta
Days of Yore in Didsbury AB on July 30 and 31 long weekend.
Come by and say Hi!
For this month's Book Tuesday we have a classic "eye witness" account of the ordinary people of London in the middle of the 19th Century.
First published in 1851 as "London Labour and London Poor" by Henry Mayhew and expanded to a giant three volume epic treatise of the same name in 1861. This book is the quintessential look at how ordinary people lived and worked in the very center of the Empire.
Dickens referenced it frequently while writing his stories.
This condensed version published in 1951 is still 590 pages of dense text, a slow slog to be honest if one was to read it through, but incredibly fascinating to peruse on a nice Summer day.
It is also a good background on why people would leave "civilized" places like London for the "wilds" of Western Canada.
Enjoy
The Victorian Society of Alberta
Mayhew's London being selections from 'London labour and the London poor' which was first published in 1851. This book, "Mayhew's London", by Henry Mayhew, is a replication of a book originally published before 1851. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
