Found image. Lovely picture of a relaxed picnic with cups of tea, sandwiches, fairy cakes and a substantal fruit cake.

Found image. This couple are taking tea in the garden sitting in front of a small portable cloche. This cabinet card was photographed by M Lawrence of Basford in the 1890s.

Edwardian picnic . . . plus link to a wonderful article written about the grand gastronomic endulgences of the Edwarians !

Yes, of course Edwardians married for love, but the upper-classes usually fell in love among their own kind, shoring up their country estates from time to time with alliances to an American fortune or with the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. Until they were of age, Britain’s aristocratic girlhood was kept under wraps on... Read the full article >>

Victorian Tea party, Ipswitch, cira 1900. Photo from a glass plate negative.

Concise illustrated history of women's fashion from 1900 to 1919. Dresses and styles from the Edwardian era of the 1900's, and post Edwardian 1910's

Picnickers from the early 1900s enjoy a spread showing some of the typical picnic food of the era, including scones, apples and cake. While a billy has clearly been used to heat water, the women have brought a teapot from home for making their tea.