Victorian Urban Legends: Wellington’s Breeches March 25, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
Nice 19C story. Mrs. Loudon was lately in the neighbourhood of Strathsfieldsaye, and being always anxious to visit spots remarkable for fine specimens of the vegetable world, and hearing that she was likely to gratify her taste at the gardens of the Duke of Wellington, she wrote to His Grace, conveying her special desire to […]
Three Wellingtons To Rule Them All and Hair Jewellery July 2, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
I came across this story while looking into the history of magic rings. It is some, shall we say, marginalia, written into the back of a volume that was subsequently scanned by Google. This is not the first time I’ve come across an intriguing reference on an online scan, but this one begged more […]
