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52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 9: Special Collections Christmas Party Part I

This year’s Special Collections Christmas party was slightly different to the usual festive celebration, as we continued to follow our Historical How-To theme. We brought along the decorations we have […]

Date: 26 December 2013
Category: Special Collections

52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 6: Victorian Christmas decorations from the Girl’s Own Annual

Christmas was not much a family festivity until Queen Victoria posed with her children around a laden fir tree, a tradition Prince Albert had brought with him from Germany. The […]

Date: 5 December 2013
Category: Special Collections

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