Jane Austen's England by Roy Adkins Lesley Adkins & Roy Adkins Lesley Adkins

Author:Roy Adkins,Lesley Adkins & Roy Adkins,Lesley Adkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

The very last frost fair took place in February 1814. Never again would the Thames freeze so solidly once the old London Bridge was removed in 1831, after which the flow of the river improved.

Other celebrations were inspired by pleasing news about royal events or military victories, although sometimes the expressions of jubilation were hardly spontaneous, as William Darter saw in his home town of Reading:

This year [1811] brought us intelligence of a victory, gained by Wellington over Soult in the Peninsula, and in consequence another illumination occurred of greater splendour than the last, as the inhabitants had by this time become accustomed to these demonstrations, and had provided themselves with appliances for lighting up, which they had not before. I may also mention that many of them had their sense of loyalty somewhat quickened by having their windows broken when they were not illuminated.14

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