Royal Naval Museum/HMS Victory

The Victory was Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) amd cam now be boarded by visitors. The nearby Naval Museum covers the history of the navy from Tudor Times. HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3PZ

Costume Museum

Gallery of English Costume. One of the most comprehensive collections in the country, it is supplemented by a research library (with heopful curators) and 18th and 19th-century magazines, etiquette books and fashion plates. Platt Hall,Platt Fields, Rusholm, Manchester,M14 5LL.

My Laptop is being repaired

I have not blogged for a few days because there is a problem with my laptop. Until I get it back I won't be able to write, blog, e-mail etc., for as long as usual.

My laptop died. I changed the fuse in the plug. Nothing. Perhaps the battery needs to be changed. Anyway, I'm really fed up because I find the laptop more convenient than the computer, which I am working on at the moment. I shall drop it of at Twin Technology's office. (M twin sons own an international I T company.)


Although I have saved my important files on the computer and the memory stick, there are less important ones I have not saved so I hope the laptop will recover after it has been hospitalised

Regency & Victorian - Museum of Interest

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum. The staff are described as friendly, and ready to answer questions about the history of the regiment and the amazing display of Napoleonic uniforms, weapons, maps, soldiers personal items and much more. The Keep, Victoria Barracks, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1EG

Regency & Victorian - Museums of Interest

There are few museums which display only items of interest to Regency fans, visitors and researchers so I am describing the ones I am posting as Regency and Victorian Museums of Interest.

Churchill Gardens Museum. The exhibits are housed in a Regency House with Victorian additions including a coach house. The museum contains costumes, furniture, paintings and period rooms. Victorian nursery, butler's pantry and parlour. Venns Lane, Hereford, Hereford and Worcester.

Regency - Museum of Interest

British in India Musuem concentrates on the life and achievements of the British in India. Collections of photgraphs, uniforms, coins, documents and paintings. Sun Street, Colne, Lancashire BB8 0JJ

My main interest is the British in India from the days when the East India Company first traded in India up to and including the Regency era, so I would find out as much as possible abou the museum before visiting it.

Regency - Museum of Interest

British in India Museum

Regency Place of Interest

Arundel Toy Museum. The collection of period dolls, dollhouses, soldiers, bears, games etc., are housed in an early 1800 cottage. 23 High Street, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AD

The inclusion of bears in the collection means it is a mixture of Regency and Victiorian toys. Before I made a special trip to visit this museum I would phone up to find out more about it.

Regency Places of Interest

I have shared all the places of particular interest to me which are related to the Regency era in London tha I would like to visit, beginning on the 2nd June when a friend and I are going to visit Apsley House.

I also have a list of places outside London which I would like to visit which might be of interest to some of you.

The first on my list, in alphabetical order, is:-

Abbey House Museum which exhibits nineteenth - twentieth century costume,toys, dolls, domestic appliances. Also included are constructions of street scenesof the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries representing such trades as chemist, haberdasher, hairdresser, saddler, tobacconist and printer. Abbey Road, Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS5 3EH.

If I decide to visit places far from home it would be worthwhile seeing if I could find several places not far apart and stay near by for a few nights.

Regency - Place of Interest

National Maritime Museum. Exhibits cover ship design,ships' logs and furnishings, telescopes,maps, weapons, uniforms and personal items, such as the coat in which Lord Nelson died. Romney Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF

Regency Place of Interest

Metropolitan Police Thames Division Museum. The River Police were founded in 1798. The museum illustrates their history with documents, uniforms, crime relics and a wide range of equipment. Wapping Police Station, 98 Wapping High Street, London E1 9NE.

Regency Plase of Interest

Regency Plase of Interest

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Regency Plase of Interest

Regency place of interest

Another place I want to visit is The Imperial War Museum - housed in the former Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam, collections illustrate all areas of military affairs with uniforms, documents, medals and photographs. Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ

Regency - Place of Interest

Another place I want to visit is The Imperial War Museum - Housed in the former Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam (1815)

Regency ;Place of Inerest to Visit

Gunnersby Park Museum is another place of interest I plan to visit. Once the home of the Rothschild banking family its displays include 19th century kitchens, items of domestic life, tools, costume and textiles, toys and dolls and two of the family carriages. Gunnersbury Park Museum, London W8 8LQ.

Regency Place of Interest to Visit

A friend of mine and I have decided to visit Apsley House - home of the first duke of Wellington, the musueum displays collections of paintings, plate, furniture, porcelian an personal items related to the duke. 149 Piccadilly, London WIV 9FA.

Regency Era - Places of Interest

To begin with I am making a list of places I would like to visit in London. Of course, there are many other places throughout the British Isles I would enjoy seeing but London is closer to home.
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The first is the Court Dress Collection. It dates from 1750 and includes court dress and uniforms. The exhibition is at Kensington Palace, London W8 4PX

Regency Snippets - Extracts from my file.

Well, I've been through my file of Regency Snippets that I originally compliled for my personal reference. I hope you have enjoyed reading some of them.

I am now engaged in research for my new novel, Monday's Child, the sequel to Sunday's Child, and other novels set in the Regency era that I plan to write.

There are a number of books I intend to beg, borrow or buy to add to my modest library.

Captain Gronow:His Reminisences of Regency and Victorian Life 1810 - 1860 by Christopher Hibbert.

The Gentlemens' Clubs of London by Anthony Lejeune.

Regency Furniture 1800 -1830 by Clifford Musgrave.

Bucks and Bruisers:Pierce Egan and Regency England by John Reed.

Life in Regency England by R.J. White.