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25th April 12, 09:07 PM
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Interesting book, "The Victorians and Edwardians at Play"
I've been reading through a very interesting book, The Victorians and Edwardians at Play, by John Hannavy (Shire Publications, 2009).
The book uses photographs and also lots of post cards from the era to discuss the different leisure activities.
Scotland comes up often, as in golf, grouse shoots, fishing, etc. Andrew Lang is quoted on fishing. 
It does have, as far as I can tell, a picture of a kilt. In the section "Listening to the Band," the caption for one of the pictures points out a Scottish regiment band with the bandmaster wearing a kilt from 1908 or 9.
It's been a fun book to go through, and there's another book by the same, The Victorians and Edwardians at Work, which I might also look into.
Last edited by Bugbear; 25th April 12 at 09:09 PM.
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