And on Saturday 30 November, Chester Library is holding a Jane Austen's Christmas event. At 2pm I'll be giving a talk on Christmas time in Austen's day, and will read some extracts from my book Regency Cheshire. Hope to see you there!
Images:
Mule Spinning Room, 1860s. Child piecers and scavengers at
work in a cotton spinning mill, supervised by the overlooker. Charles Knight’s
Pictorial Gallery of Arts Vol. I, (c.1862).
Rows in Watergate St, Chester. Stranger’s Companion in
Chester, 4th edition, c.1828
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