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L&T Archive 1998-2003

Message Index

Left-handed people
As far as I know
Wedding Stationery et al
Weddding invitations -- not generally separate
Use of Mr., Miss, Mrs. etc.
New to Pemberley?
Actually... (women servant honorifics, goody, etc.)
Dinner question
Letters
Thorn....
Many thanks
Please see Mabel's message posted below
MK, I asked you this before, but you didn't respond.....
Anna Chancellor
I am confused
Must be Aunt.. (nfm)
Not a direct descendant of Jane!
Actually only 6th great-aunt
The ImDb is the...
Sorry, forgot to count the generations! (nfm)
And also...
Hats, anyone?
Don't think so....
unless you are to plant rushes...
LOL! The Joys of P&P1!! (nfm)
Thanks Caroline--I thought so too but just checking (nfm)
Family ties...
Connections
Mostly guesswork
A time question
Period info here...
10 Questions on ladies' dress & accomplishments
Some history to your arithmetic
10-1+1/2+-3/2-1/2= more questions & comments??
More on gigotsleeves
P&PO and Gigot sleeves...
Some of my "favorite" pics from the 1826-1838 era...
Thank you, to all (further headache!)
Getting pretty far away from Jane Austen
Yup!
Indeed? On I move then! My apologies :) (nfm)
Mais oui, cherie!
Another name for that kind of sleeve... ;-)
Also called "beret sleeves" in the 1830s
Leg O' Mutton & Gigot
Gigots, fashion, and economics
I have some relevant quotes...
Nary a word of "gigot" in Jane's times
Straight skirts...
The necessity of speaking French
It's always been "necessary"
A clever young German in Calais
That almost sounds like .......
Sorry - couldn't resist!!!!!! (nfm)
Singing
Hmmm...
Try these books ...
Thanks guys! (nfm)
Lucky you, Anne!
I missed your answer about letters gkb -Didn't see I got any replies
Letterfolding
Social "at home" question
Not an obligation...
Thanks Lou! -
An invitation to a special M.T.
Kneeling for proposals...
Interesting question.
The Collins kneel...
I don't know if JA's men would have done it...
Putting off an answer
Was there ever a formula for this?
Politeness/appropriateness
Proposals....the formula???
Pattern letters
Proposals by letter...
What does Wentworth knock onto the floor???
Pounce
thankyou nfm :)
It is spelled "pounce".
Sand
Also pumice...
so how did they use that?
How They Used It
Blotting paper...
The Indianness of S&S
Agree
Thank you vey much , Louise.
An unconvincing theory
Common Knowledge
Inkblots
Thanks a lot
Thanks Louise C
Why Drag Jane Into It?
The Austenisation of Austen
JA, History and This Board
Bad smells
Warren Hastings (Long)
Interesting points
Well, you have already been told over on P&P....
Done
Ah, but....
Hope floats?
Next time.....
Peachy keen! Thank you lots!
Family life
Find out next month?
My 2 cents
Too Idle to Bother
One incorrect fact...
Why no Bennet adopted son
Very interesting! Thanks! (nfm)
Book on JA's L&T...
Just to say...
Re: the Roger Sales book..
Best first resource
New to Pemberley?
When did men start shaking hands...
Not sure exactly, but ...
hand shaking
But in all of the Austen dramatizations...
In Northanger Abbey , the book
And don't Emma & Mr Knightley
Shaking Hands
Continental Practice?
Not quite...
Etiquette books?
Sadly, no
Not until the 1830s, I'm afraid
Thanks. (Sigh). nfm
"Good God Willoughby! Will you not shake hands with me?!" nf
regency era medicine and midwifery
New to Pemberley?
Jane Austen's Biography by Claire Tomalin
Are you new to Pemberley?
Reading it too
And me
Re: And I found a reference to hedgerows.. by Shinjinee
Wire hedges!!!
thanks nfm
English in Scotland, Theatre and Masqureade balls...
I'm not sure what web site you want
Fanfic
For `A Winter's Tale'...
The Glorious 12th
Thankyou so much! nfm
Hunting/Shooting
Oops
The "kick off of the hunting season"
But does this actually apply to Jane Austen and her characters?
Well, you should remember...
Must have been partridges then
Agreeing with Anne, Henry and Spencer
Scotland no but grouse maybe.
Partly just logistics...
Who Determines These dates? nfm
No idea, but ...
Partridges and the first of Sept....
Gentle reminder of the "no politics" rule in Pemberely
So sorry !!!
A question of timing
A question from the P&P board
Letter folding
Other pages
From P&P...Newlywed entertaining
I'm baffled....
The Darcys... I think!
Clarification
Here's a start.....(open house)
Maria Bertram Rushworth
And hedge laying may come back into vogue...
When were the great houses built?
Mansfield Park and Hartfield are modern-ish....
Rosings
Need to define modern
Country Houses & Austen
One small point
I agree
Houses
Castles ansd Villas
Interesting question.
The reason for London's style of architecture
No, I meant....
Why New Building
London Planning
All about Pemberley, Kellynch etc. @ jasa.net.au
Response to Leonore's message
New to Pemberley?
Wonderful thread! Thanks much. (nfm)
MT (nearly): `The Field' magazine
Questions about Household staff...
Large Staff...
Servants
Butler, Housekeeper, Cook
Stillroom?
And where...
Curiouser and curiouser
Good question!
Thieves' vinegar
Ignorance, Madam, Sheer Ignorance (Sheepish :-))
Rotating linen
The House Steward
Different types of Ladies
In general
thank you! nfm
Extremely brief summary here...
Dancing in Jane Austen and the films
MT (sort of) - Agricultural Labour
McCormack reaper (sort of)
Speaking only of JA's England
Drovers and grazing marshes.
Drover's Inns and Drover's dogs
Clever dogs!
yes, but.....
Oops! The link, again...
Thanks. nfm
The Two Drovers
Far Lochaber
Would they have looked something like this?
They might do......
White wool coats
Undyed Cloth
I suspect that's it..... ;-)
Yes, undyed cloth
thanks all :-)
The Horseman's Word.
It came from London, and from the locality
Hopping round East Hants, and Pigging it in Chawton!
Yes, and
Hop-a-long Irony
Plough horses
Threshing and Winnowing
True teamsters
I shall go distracted
Reference
Actually, ......
The crucial question...
Not in Jane Austen's time it didn't ! (nfm)
Lots in the archives
Just a thought
oh dear...
We used
My view... (Regency vs. Victorian)
Here's an example....
Lovely print! (nfm)
Rubbing salt in the wound
Well, for goodness sake...
Hornblower, Royal Navy and sea terms
Hi, mattm!
Yes ...
Nasty salt, but....
Saliors and Marines Drill
Military Drill
Women's wealth after divorce...
Kind of OT but...
The date of the photo......
Right...however...
Wo! Big Difference!
Fate of Austen family letters...
Wow - thanks for the info! nfm
Balls
Old posting of mine...
Hats and Gloves
looking forward to it nfm
Whitening the complexion
And right now ..
Presence of Godparents
Good question
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