Change is afoot! along with picnics and eye infections… Advice from the 1830s Agony Aunt
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT At present she is only occasionally stepping out from the elegant confines of The Regency Town … Continue reading
A saint, a sinner and a chemise…advice from the 1830s Agony Aunt
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT is not leaving The Regency Town House in Brighton and Hove, a town rich in art and entertainment … Continue reading
Protect yourself from the sun and learn how to be the perfect housekeeper …dependable advice from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT is staying alert at The Regency Town House in Brighton and Hove, a town patronised by Royalty and … Continue reading
Birthday Anguish and Weak Ankles…Sound advice and sober reflection from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT staying alert at The Regency Town House in that South Coast pearl of a town, Brighton and Hove … Continue reading
Recipe for a perfect marriage and can women write? Should they…? Advice of thorough probity from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT staying indoors at The Regency Town House in the most salubrious of towns, Brighton and Hove Now … Continue reading
Mix too much curry powder with a letter from the Mistress… Mrs Finnegan, the 1830s housekeeper extraordinaire isn’t feeling well
As we enter the month of May let us rejoice in everything it can give us. Even if the merry-making has to be rather solitary we can still look forward … Continue reading
Fortune Telling of the unscrupulous kind plus a young man eager to marry for money…ADVICE of unsurpassed excellence from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT staying indoors at The Regency Town House By reading the moles on my face an old woman … Continue reading
It is never too late to shine; never – George Eliot QUOTES FOR WRITERS
It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You … Continue reading
How to Fight greying hair and unscrupulous grocers The Wit and Wisdom of Mrs Finnegan, the 1830s housekeeper extraordinaire
The housekeeper has the care of the linen, of the grocery – dried & other fruits, spices, soap, candles and stores of all kinds. In short she is the LADY … Continue reading
Wild fantasies and an unexpected letter from the Mistress…Most Estimable ADVICE from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT staying indoors at The Regency Town House Sometimes I have fantasies about things that could not possibly … Continue reading
The Wit and Wisdom of Mrs Finnegan, the 1830s housekeeper extraordinaire
My housekeeper’s room is a fortress fit for an ancillary pope. Not so long ago in an ORDINARY week you could have found me here in the evening sipping a … Continue reading
Mind-reading and social-isolation for housekeepers — Most admirable ADVICE from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT from The Regency Town House How can you tell what someone thinks? I am walking out … Continue reading
Fine clothes and malevolent accusations — Most excellent ADVICE from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT WITH two good dresses and a quantity of shawls and fine fichus given to me when … Continue reading
Despair and Dinner Parties ADVICE from the 1830s
Mrs Finnegan’s Chronicles: the Celebrated Authority in affairs of the HEART and HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT I have lately taken up residence as Housekeeper at The Regency Town House in West Brighton … Continue reading
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