The other day, I was searching for some historically accurate professions that might have existed in the Regency period and before. Something other than butcher, baker and candlestick-maker, that is. And then the following website fell into my lap while I was preparing to visit the Great Dickens Christmas Fair. Much like Renaissance Faire, the Dickens fair is a historical reenactment, but this time, of Victorian London. The characters from Charles Dickens books, like David Copperfield, Ebeneezer Scrooge, and Oliver Twist are out and about, not to mention numerous scallywags, rapscallions, piccaninnies, street urchins, chimney sweeps, rakes and rogues, ladies and gents, and darlings and dandies.
On their website, they link to a lot of great Victoria resources, specifically how to choose a Victorian indentity, from a proper name to your profession.
So if you're looking for an occupation for a character, or curious what someone in a certain, rather archaic profession does, then this website, A List Of Occupations, is for you!
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