Today the Ragged Victorians were in town so we walked down the hill to find them.
They were at the Gladstone Pottery Museum where a Victorian Day was being held.
We could hear the music from the barrel organ as we entered the museum.
The Ragged Victorians are a living history group re-enacting the lower classes of England in 1851 and very good they are too. So many different characters. The sober shepherd, the rat catcher, the fish wife, the policeman, the wounded soldier and many more.
I took loads of photos so I'll share a few now and perhaps do something later with more of them. I might try to sepia tone some of them or perhaps monochrome.
The Fisherman's wife making nets.
Lavender seller
The Rat Catcher
In the Doctor's waiting room
A friendly hug
The sober shepherd seeking work
Policeman.
The costumes were wonderful, suitably grubby and well worn, roughly mended shoes clattered on the cobbles.
All for now.
Transported back in time. Wonderful! You've captured some great images, Rosie. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Jules, they were so photogenic and knowledgeable too:)
DeleteThat sounds interesting! Much more realistic than many living history events.
ReplyDeleteThank you Granny Sue, yes they were more authentic than some I've seen:)
DeleteWonderful photos ofsuch a fun event, Rosie. Don't the actors look fabulous in their outfits. I look forward to seeing more next time. 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you CK, yes the costumes were good in that they looked worn and faded and in some cases a bit grubby:)
DeleteWhat a fun day out and only could be done in UK. Love the barrel organ and carousel. Thanks for sharing. Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, yes they were good and the setting was perfect for them:)
DeleteThis looked like a great day out Rosie! I hope the day wasn't too hot as the actors must have been sweltering in their costumes if so! Even though people were poor, they did their best to take pride in their appearance - mending and make do wherever possible. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone, the day wasn't too hot and there was shelter in the various buildings, it was lucky to be on the Saturday as it rained most of yesterday:)
DeleteSuperb photos Rosie of a brilliant event. Such a lovely idea and I would love to see more photos. My son and I once had a day out at that museum years ago and were very impressed especially with the tile museum. I would have loved to see the Ragged Victorians there.
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline, the group have been before but we didn't see them so I was glad to be able to go this time. It's good that the museum is open more often this year We popped into the tile gallery whilst we were there too, I love looking at them:)
DeleteHow wonderful they all look. We could do to have them visit us. It reminds me of a trip to Beamish recently. I love stepping back in time. B x
ReplyDeleteThank you B, I've seen the Tudor Group at Haddon Hall and Gainsborough Old Hall - they were wonderful and these people were excellent too. Love Beamish were were last there in 2019, seems ages ago now:)
DeleteThese photos are all wonderful and really bring history alive. I think a few photos in sepia or monochrome is a fabulous idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you Beverley, I'm going to try a few different things with some of the photos soon:)
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