Who said dollhouses are just for kids? From intricately detailed and ornate Victorian mansions to sleek mid-century modern ...

A traditional Victorian-era technique is an ideal way to heat your home without switching on the heating, and it remains as effective today as it was over a century ago. According to My Home ...

Thornton's Arcade, which runs between Briggate and Lands Lane, first opened in May 1878. The Victorian era gem was the vision of Charles Thornton, proprietor of the City Varieties, who submitted ...

Barbie dolls may have changed dramatically over the decades but there’s little doubt they were at their most extravagent 40 to 50 years ago, an era being revisited at Gail Borden Public Library ...

Street children. audioStreet children ‘Street children’ consists of three episodes about what life was like for city children working to survive in the Victorian era. Chimney-sweeps.

The ashes of a man who was born in Victorian times and who died in the year Elvis Presley had his first UK hit, are still waiting to be reclaimed by his family. Alexander Anderson died in 1956 at ...

She tells Austwick’s story through a curated collection of newspaper reports and court documents, revealing how a single act of violence sent tremors through Victorian society. Austwick was born ...

Duncan, B.C., is a small city situated in the heart of Cowichan Valley, with hundreds of historic storefronts, galleries, and bistros to explore – some of which date all the way back to the Victorian ...

A 'one of a kind' see-through coffin was carried through London as a gypsy woman was put to rest wearing a Victorian wedding dress. Pauline Devlin, who was non-verbal and never married ...

After the funeral service at St George's Chapel, Windsor, her coffin will be driven unsaluted on its three and a half mile journey to Slough. Margaret asked that none of her family be at the ...

This is all a sharp contrast with her home life - she isn't allowed to wear make-up when she's not working, and her bedroom floor is covered with Barbie dolls, skates and schoolwork. She never ...