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Interior of a cottage at #Rievaulx, by Charles West Cope RA, (1811-1890). The watercolour shows the interior of the cottage and the garden beyond.' (Image courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum) #Victorian #Yorkshire #artist

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It wouldn’t be Christmas without reading Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol.’ The first edition was published in 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. The novel can be appreciated on so many levels and covers many social issues of the time. #Victorian #Christmas

If you think a #Victorian Christmas was about decorated trees, carol singing and all things Dickensian think again. Some of these #Christmas cards are extemely dark and sinister. #ChristmasCards
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From the Costume of #Yorkshire by George Walker (1814) ‘Haver Cake......is almost exclusively made in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and constitutes the principal food of the labouring classes in that district. It is a thin cake, composed only of oatmeal and water.’ #FoodHistory

For the second Sunday in #Advent the ‘Advent and Triumph of Christ’ seems appropriate. The oil painting on a panel of wood was painted c.1480 by Hans Memling. It is held by the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. #art

Late #Victorian photograph of the seaside town of #Redcar. ‘By 1896 the number of visitors arriving by train to the East Coast resorts had risen substantially with 850.277 collected at #Scarborough with Redcar in second place at 385.813’ #Yorkshire #seaside

There have been many tragic incidents in storms off the Yorkshire Coast. One of the worst being the loss of five lives trying to save the Schooner ‘Coupland,’ when five people lost their lives including two from the lifeboat ‘Amelia.’ (Scarborough 1861) #RoughSeasOnSunday

Two more lovely #Victorian images of #Harrogate from the US Library of Congress collection dating from 1890-1900. These feature the Royal Baths and the Stray. #Yorkshire