Paul Asling
Bio
I share a special love for London, both new and old. I began writing fiction at 40, with most of my books and stories set in London.
MY WRITING WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH, CRY, AND HAVE YOU GRIPPED THROUGHOUT.
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Stories (80/0)
MEDICAL CARE IN VICTORIAN LONDON
During the Victorian age, the UK became a world power. The industrial revolution had started, and a lot of tradesmen took a backseat to mass production in factories. This was a major change for most of the agricultural towns in England. These rapid changes brought new wealth to some a crushing poverty to others and leading to very high rates of child mortality in London and other parts of the UK.
By Paul Asling2 years ago in FYI
THE VICTORIAN TWO-PENNY HANGOVER
The term ‘hangover’ is assumed to mean the suffering of a night on the beer. But where does the term come from? One explanation is from the Victorian age. In the Victorian era, paying for a ‘two-penny hangover’ was widespread among the homeless population, especially in London. A two-penny hangover is not the description of a very cheap night out. It’s somewhere you could go to sleep if you were one of the many thousands of homeless living in the country’s major cities.
By Paul Asling2 years ago in FYI
STREET FOOD IN VICTORIAN LONDON
Chewy and a bony, the customers would suck the meat and fat off the bones! When Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837, family life in England was transformed through her 63-year reign, and so did the food. Victorian food was sometimes bizarre, depending on a person’s status and income. During Victorian times, London’s population boomed at an unprecedented rate. In 1801, the population was around 860,000 people. By 1871, it was over three million. The new Londoners were mainly industrial workers, and they needed to be fed.
By Paul Asling2 years ago in FYI
LONDON'S CANNIBAL CLUB
In 1863, a group of Victorian men gathered in a London club. They were there to create the Cannibal Club, a so-called anthropological society that, its members hoped, would explore far-off cultures in order to discover what made humans tick, even cannibals.
By Paul Asling2 years ago in FYI
BEING A GOOD WIFE IN VICTORIAN TIMES THE RULES!
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Let’s talk about the rules for being a married woman in Victorian times. The following pieces are from various guides for married women, published during the Victorian age.
By Paul Asling2 years ago in FYI
THE INCREDIBLE CHURCH THAT SURVIVED THE PLAGUE, THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON AND THE BLITZ
The story of St Bride’s Church is interlaced into the fabric of London. Entering its doors is to step into 2,000 years of history, which began with the Romans. A Roman pavement can be seen to this day on display in the much-restored crypts of the church.
By Paul Asling2 years ago in FYI