By Henry VIII’s reign, the price of fresh meat had fallen sufficiently so that when it was available, the average Tudor family could afford it. The century before, poorer families would have rarely ...
These were people of high rank and their servants. Under the Tudors, Hampton Court Palace was a seat of government, a pleasure palace and a hotel. Here the big decisions were made; where you could ...
The Palace Theatre of Varieties opened on Whit Monday 1891 and cost its owners the then colossal sum of £40,500. In the late 1970’s the Palace Theatre underwent a major refurbishment and re-opened in ...