Themes Gallery: Leisure

Many victorians learnt to play a musical instrument. The piano was very popular and even some working class families managed to afford to buy one. People enjoyed informal singsongs and musical evenings.

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Roll over this photo to switch between the harmonium and an illustration of a lady playing the piano from the 1980 Young Ladies Journal, a women's magazine of 'fashion, fancy work and family reading'.

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