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Category Archives: Society

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Elizabeth Brownrigg

Jan 27, 2023Eric CorbettCrime & criminals

18th-century murderer who tortured one of her young domestic servants to death.

Spiritualism

Jan 18, 2023Eric CorbettReligion

System of beliefs and practices intended to establish communication with the spirits of the dead.

The College of Psychic Studies

Jan 12, 2023Eric CorbettParanormal, Societies

Educational charity founded in 1884, offering training in mediumship and various divinatory tools.

My Word, You Do Look Queer

Dec 17, 2022Eric CorbettMusic hall

Comic monologue by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston, first performed by Ernest Hastings in 1922 and revived by Stanley Holloway in 1938.

Heber Hart

Dec 15, 2022Eric CorbettLaw & taxationBetter than Wikipedia

English judge and jurist (1865–1948) who specialised in commercial and banking law.

Housing Act 1930

Dec 11, 2022Eric CorbettLaw & taxationBetter than Wikipedia

Act of Parliament making it easier for local authorities to clear slums, and obliging them to rehome the tenants of such areas.

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Sep 15, 2022Eric CorbettEducation, Societies

Society founded in London in 1826 to publish cheap and accessible works on scientific and artistic subjects.

Vatersay Raiders

Sep 6, 2022Georgie DarcyCrime & criminalsNot on Wikipedia

Ten Scottish cottars who were imprisoned in 1908 after illegally setting up homes on the small Hebridean island of Vatersay.

Manchester Museum

Aug 24, 2022Eric CorbettMuseums

Largest university museum in the UK, founded in 1867.

Eliza Armstrong

Aug 18, 2022Eric CorbettPeople

Young girl at the centre of a major prostitution scandal in 1885 that led to the age of consent for females being raised from 13 to 16.

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