An Extraordinary Cycle Ride
To modern eyes, a penny farthing bicycle is anything but “ordinary”. But these eye-catching cycles were indeed called “ordinaries” in the late 19th Century, in contrast to the new-fangled safety […]
Victorian
Drawers
Ma’s out, Pa’s out, Let’s talk rude!Pee, Po, Belly, Bum, Drawers. Flanders and Swann’s “naughty words” song isn’t referring to an innocuous chest of drawers, but to gasp underwear. As […]