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From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (horse-action saddle)
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From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Victorian fasting girls)
Oh the incredible ‘Fasting Girls’, girls who could live on nothing but air. No sustenance required for these ladies. Food? Who needs it! These girls became hugely popular for a time in the 1800’s due to their miraculous ability to survive without eating a single thing…or at least that’s how they marketed themselves. Reality wasContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Victorian fasting girls)”
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Victorian pastime)
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Mrs Frampton
Mrs Frampton sits(Victorian lady fair)Looking in the mirrorCombing lengthy hair…. Don MatthewsMarch 2022
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Hobbies of Yore
Hobbies of Yore Why I ask?……
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Fox Tossing
Fox Tossing Fox tossing was a competitive blood sport popular in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It involved throwing live foxes and other animals high into the air. It was practiced by members of the aristocracy in an enclosed patch of ground or in a courtyard, using slings with a person on each end to catapult the animal upwards.Continue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts – Fox Tossing”
Fanny Cornforth
Model Fanny CornforthDisplays her lengthy hairHousekeeper to RosettiVictorian lady fair…. Don MatthewsNovember 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 