after her coronation in 1837? Have a parliamentary meeting? Have tea with all the royal dignitaries? No – she gave her dog, Dash, a bath.
Outdoor games
Here, you can see three different wooden whipping tops. The drawings show a top with its whip and boys playing in a ring, seeing whose will spin the longest. The grooves in the wood are for the whip to fit into. Also show is a ball, found in the gutter at a local school. It is home-made and shows how Victorian children often made their own entertainment. The ball is made from a scrap of striped material and roughly sewn into shape, with sawdust to stuff it.
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