History Magazine
The Sedan Chair
The sedan chair was the transport of choice for the wealthy when travelling through the narrow streets of Bath, Edinburgh and London in the 17th and 18th centuries…
Land Girls and Lumber Jills
In 1939, it was not only men who answered the call to serve their nation and preserve freedom. Women were also called, and answered they did…
The Great British Seaside Holiday
The great British seaside holiday came into its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, now affordable to many through paid annual leave (thanks to the Holiday Pay Act 1938)…