Regency Hot Spots: Mr. Aldridge’s Repository
You may have heard of Tattersall’s, but do you know of Mr. Aldridge’s Horse Repository? In Upper St. Martin’s Lane, it was an institution in Continue
You may have heard of Tattersall’s, but do you know of Mr. Aldridge’s Horse Repository? In Upper St. Martin’s Lane, it was an institution in Continue
This classified ad appeared in the Morning Post on Tuesday, 16 June 1801.
This ad appeared in the Morning Post, Thursday June 27, 1805.
Just re-read Heyer’s _Cotillion_ and twice it uses the idiom “eel-backed”–can’t find that anywhere, does anyone have a notion what is meant? Thanks for the Continue