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Jan 2018
8:31pm, 31 Jan 2018
383 posts
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bonners
Hopefully just snuck in, club 10k run just finished and uploaded. That is my runniest January ever, despite being a new entrant, I'm giving this thread full credit 😀
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Jan 2018
8:49pm, 31 Jan 2018
8,303 posts
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Watford Wobble
Well done bonners. It's Fetch Power.
We jogged this evening and I hated it.
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Jan 2018
9:02pm, 31 Jan 2018
14,398 posts
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Fenners
I jogged this evening and I loved it. I was supporting #teamRED #ElyRunners for their last run of the month. They have run everyday in January and gained great self-confidence and self-belief, I applaud them all.
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Jan 2018
10:23pm, 31 Jan 2018
26,382 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
A big thank you to DocMoye for the data  Here is some bedtime reading
Victorian England was not a healthy time for some, several common household products proved to be fatal!
Parkesine was one of the very first forms of plastic. It was invented during the Victorian Era, and became incredibly popular. This plastic was moulded into combs, collars, children's toys, and billiard balls, among other things. The only problem was that the compound was very combustible, and could explode on impact, making those games of billiards quite dangerous indeed.
Top of the pack and not at all plastic but very explosive with their mileage!
Pikelet 253
NDWDave 219
Wallpaper was a big trend in interior decor during the Victorian Era. But not just any wallpaper - Scheele's Green wallpaper. This specific shade of green was created with the use of arsenic. Unfortunately, the deadly chemicals in the dye would flake off over time, turning into a dust that was easily inhaled. This was particularly dangerous for infants and young children, who would get lung diseases and even die from breathing in small amounts of the dust.
Clearly this next group have not been spending all their time wallpapering!
Mole-thing 190
Gobi 182
Ron Burgundy 181
Mrs Jigs 9luverleylegs) 167
Clare1976 164
Jennyh 156
DocMoye 155
Unity 154
Minardi 154
Flatlander 153
Jabberknit 151
Before pasteurization, drinking tainted milk could make a person sick, but usually not kill them outright. During the Victorian Era, rumours spread that boracic acid - also known as boric acid - would purify milk and make it keep for longer. People took to this idea in droves, and added the white powder to milk that their children drank. Unfortunately, the poison caused vomiting and diarrhoea, and killed around 500,000 children in England.
Clearly boracic acid did not give this next group the ‘runs’
Richard-M 147
IanS 145
-andy 144
Boners 144
Jono 136
Jenni-far-far
MzG 127
Jaffa Cake123
Shadow 111
Westmoors 105
HayleyB 101
Indoor plumbing was a new invention during the Victorian period. It was convenient, and running water made indoor sinks, bathtubs, and toilets a popular addition to homes. On the contrary, public sewage systems weren't yet perfected. Methane would back up in the sewers and spread into homes, where the gas would explode when brought into contact with naked flames. In some cases, the toilet would explode, killing the person in the room at the time.
You can’t hold a candle to this group.
RichHL 98
Garfield 85
Toks 79
Slimboy 62
Bez-head 53
That man from March 51
It was important for proper women to have a very pale complexion during the Victorian time period. This was achieved with the help of face powders and paints, some of which contained lead. The most popular brand of the period, Laird's Bloom of Youth, contained the chemical. Lead impacted women's motor skills, and caused what was then called "lead palsy" of the hands. With continued use, death by lead poisoning would occur.
Not a problem for these youthful athletes.
HappyG(rrr) 40
The Terminator 35
stewartC 31
Nellers 26
Neilio 19
Commercial bakeries began to make their way across the United States during the Victorian period. This had its advantages, as this dietary staple could be purchased, rather than baked at home. It had deadly disadvantages as well. Some commercial bakeries thinned out their flour with alum powder in order to save money. Alum, as in aluminum, made the bread whiter and better looking as well. This had deadly consequences for children, as the powder caused malnutrition, bowel issues, and constipation, issues that were not easily cured back then.
Were these two stuck on the pan?
DaveA 0
FRU (KeepTheFaith) 0
Although electricity and oil lamps weren't completely unheard of during the Victorian Era, most people relied on candles for light. This could be problematic when those open flames were exposed to the extremely starched, highly flammable cotton that was popular at the time. This fabric was used in everything from crinolines to ballet skirts, and was one of the first types of inexpensive fabric to be made by machine. Another, simpler cotton, was used in nightshirts. It was flammable as well, and death could occur if the flames weren't put out quickly enough.
Laundry mangles - devices that wet clothes were pushed through in order to wring excess water from them - had been around for years, but the new-fangled ones in the Victorian Era were powered by electricity. Getting your sleeve or skirt caught in them while doing the laundry could be deadly, particularly if your body parts were pushed through the mangle as well.
A new type of baby bottle was developed during this era. It consisted of a glass bottle, a thin rubber hose, and a small rubber nipple. The woman who invented it, Mrs. Beeton, claimed that it allowed for independent feeding, since the bottle could be propped upright while the milk flowed through the tube, and that it didn't need to be washed since the hose and nipple were disposable. This was a deadly mistake. Both of the disposable rubber pieces became bacterial breeding grounds, transmitting infections to the infants in the age before antibiotics.
Natural gas began to be piped into homes in the middle of the 19th century. This gas was used to power light fixtures that were brighter than candles, and provided heat to homes in a more efficient manner. However, the gas powered devices in homes didn't have safety switches or release valves, so the gas would continue to silently seep into sealed rooms, suffocating people in their sleep or causing violent explosions.
Corsets were considered a necessary part of getting dressed, as they squeezed the waist and created that perfect hourglass shape that all Victorian women desired. However, over time, corsets pushed around bones and internal organs, and if they were too tight, made it hard to breathe. In these cases, women would faint or need to rest and catch their breath after standing for short periods of time. More than one too-tight corset restricted breathing to the point of suffocation and death.
Happy running everyone
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Jan 2018
10:25pm, 31 Jan 2018
26,383 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Sorry to StuH, seems he was stuck on the pan too
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Jan 2018
11:24pm, 31 Jan 2018
2,104 posts
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StuH
Thanks Mrs Jigs, I think... stuck on the pan? -227
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Feb 2018
4:23am, 1 Feb 2018
33,159 posts
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Toks
Thanks Mrs jigs for the updates, was hoping to end at least 100 milers for January but new job is challenging 😬😬😬😬
Happy new month fetchies and off to start with 5 miler here I go
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Feb 2018
6:12am, 1 Feb 2018
26,384 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Oops, seems there were naughty gremlins about last night meddling with the training logs, I blame the moon
I will set the record straight when I have a moment.
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Feb 2018
6:27am, 1 Feb 2018
33,160 posts
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Toks
5 miler done and dusted in 58.22 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Just what I needed for stressful 7 days work in a stretch
I am on day 6 now 😳😳😳😳
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Feb 2018
6:42am, 1 Feb 2018
384 posts
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bonners
Thank you Mrs Jigs and DocMoye. Not only an update but a whole wealth of victorian social history.
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