Awfully Ancient
8 total works
Awfully Ancient: Thomas Crapper, Corsets and Cruel Britannia
by Peter Hepplewhite
Welcome to the incredible Industrial Revolution! Grab a pie, peruse the past with us and discover all there is to know about the Victorians: from pioneering plumbing and constricting corsets to choking chimneys.
Why were pea-soupers perilous? Why were Victorian streets teeming with turds? Who spent their childhood up chimneys?
Did into this diary of days gone by and find the answers to these valuable Victorian questions and many more...
Loos, Poos & Number Twos: Find out about the earliest WCs, what loos were like in the pyramids, how the Romans gossiped in public loos and what castle moats were really used for. Discover how Henry VIII cleansed the Royal
Bum, what part 'gongfermors' played in medieval times and who invented loo paper!
Awfully Ancient: Royals, Rebels and Horrible Headchoppers
by Peter Hepplewhite
Welcome to the world of the terrible Tudors! Grab a galleon and sail back in time with us to discover everything about the terrifying Tudors: from horrible King Henry and the perilous plague to roasting the religious.
Why did doctors wear beak masks? Why were cats buried under Tudor homes? What did Tudor tennis involve?
Dip into these annals of Tudor times and find out the answers to all these intriguing imponderables and many more...