- DURATION 4 x 60 mins
Event Description
12th March: Explore Georgian London: riots, pleasure gardens & silk gowns
The Georgian period was a time with highs and lows. In this talk we see new styles of architecture, music and clothes for fashionable London, while daily life experienced more mundane upsets from such things as theft, drinking or the relocation of a ‘fat Venus’. Find out about the interiors of ordinary homes, the story of Turks who saved the life of a future king and days of rioting in the streets.
19th March: Explore Regency London: the beginnings of the modern age
The Regency name is a convenient one to cover the 48 year period that began with the French Revolution and ended at the accession of Queen Victoria. Trade developed with new docks and canals in London, and road travel became easier. Present day survivals from this time include a bank protected with muskets, a house where Jane Austen stayed and Michael Faraday’s workshop. Discover how to join the Royal Navy (without meaning to) and somewhere you should not whistle.
2nd April: Explore Victorian London: sixty-three glorious years
Victoria inherited the throne of Great Britain soon after her eighteenth birthday and she was monarch during a period of extraordinary change. This talk is about London during the 63 glorious years of her reign, lasting from 1837 to 1901. During this period Britain made the transition to becoming the first industrialised nation in the world, and it had control over extensive overseas territories. Join us to see what the streets of London looked like at that period and find out where to hear the liveliest swearing.
9th April: Explore Edwardian London: the seasons before the storm broke
The magnificent seasons of Edwardian life were brought to an end by the bloody battlefields of the Great War. Even so, a public image of fine living overlooks the large proportion of army recruits found to be physically unfit for service, the Suffragists campaigning for Votes for Women while the Suffragettes felt driven to make more militant protests. Against this background we shall see the last of the horse buses, the first cars and electric trams and some fine Edwardian buildings that survive today. Find out why a tank was in Trafalgar Square, why a kitchen maid hated scrubbing steps and how Caesar annoyed the Kaiser.
- Duration: 4 x 60 mins
- Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (no replay available)
Meet the Host, Andrew
Andrew Warde has more than 40 years experience as a London Blue Badge guide, with additional guide qualifications for the City of London and for Windsor & Eton. He presents illustrated talks and walks in and around London, telling all about historic buildings, curious survivals from times past, or special areas of London life and the Thames riverside. These talks reveal fascinating aspects of London’s past and the people who lived there.
Preparing for the Event
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