Tag: Victorian Records and researchHistory’s Lionesses: The British Ladies Football Team and the beautiful game in 1895Wednesday 16 August 2023In 1895, the British Ladies Football Team was causing a stir, showing Victorian spectators...Records and researchFive little-known inventors of the Victorian eraTuesday 8 August 2023Explore the stories of five people who protected their unusual designs...Records and researchThe spirit of invention in the Victorian homeTuesday 20 December 2022The Victorian era was an amazing time for inventive activity. Advances in technology, science...Records and researchRemembering the Crystal Palace fire of 1936Wednesday 30 November 2022On the evening of 30 November 1936, a fire was discovered within the Crystal...Records and researchElectro-therapeutic cures in the Victorian AgeMonday 30 May 2022The Victorian period saw the introduction of countless imaginative and bizarre electronic devices that...Records and researchCharles Harold Moore: The Victorian one-legged champion swimmerFriday 3 September 2021Charles Harold Moore was a champion one-legged swimmer in the Victorian period. Moore began...Behind the scenesDressed in the past: the stories clothes tellThursday 1 August 2019Clothes are not just essential for warmth and modesty – they can be for so...Records and researchMistaken identity: Elizabeth Burley and the Contagious Diseases ActsThursday 14 March 2019Let those who have never seen a ship of war, picture to themselves a...Behind the scenesBringing two 19th century rail plans back on trackThursday 26 April 2018Wednesday 2 May 2018, 14:00 Britain on film: Railways Part 3 of RAIL 795/250...Records and researchCaviar is for battleships: Intelligence and the late Victorian Royal NavyMonday 16 April 2018Special codes, wiretapping, and secret communication devices disguised as flag poles: this all sounds...Records and research‘Deaf and dumb’: disabled Victorian civil servantsFriday 8 December 2017The National Archives holds detailed records of people in some areas of public service...Records and research‘The black man and his party’: William Cuffey, Chartist leaderThursday 19 October 2017Black History Month offers an opportunity to highlight the significant but often overlooked contribution... 1 2 »