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Sue Wilkes

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Sue Wilkes has lived in Cheshire with her family since 1981. She grew up in Salford, just as many of the great relics of the Industrial Revolution were being demolished. Her grandfather and great-grandfather were Lancashire miners. Her great-grandmother was a mill-worker, and her grandmother was a weaver at a mill.
Sue is a regular contributor to print and online magazines in the UK and USA. She is a fact-checker for a UK history magazine. Sue is married, with two children, and is a member of the Society of Authors.

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Letting Off Steam

My latest feature for Jane Austen's Regency World (January/February issue) is on the progress of steam-boats during Austen's lifetime.

The Charlotte Dundas, financed by Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, and powered by a William Symington-designed engine, was trialled on Dalswinton Loch on 14 October 1788.

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Left: ‘The first steamboat’, by Alexander Nasymth. Smiles, Samuel (ed.), James Nasym

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Average rating: 3.9 · 755 ratings · 125 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England 3.89 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regency Spies: Secret Histories of Britain's Rebels and Revolutionaries 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tracing Your Ancestors’ Childhood 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regency Cheshire 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tracing Your Manchester and Salford Ancestors 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrow Windows, Narrow Lives: The Industrial Revolution In Lancashire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Children History Forgot: Young Workers of the Industrial Age 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sue Wilkes wrote a new blog post Jane Austen 250: Happy Birthday Jane! Willoughby asks Elinor to stay.Today is Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Pop over to my Jane Austen blog so see my highlights of her bicentenary year. Read more of this blog post »
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“As late as 1800, you will see dogs employed as turnspits in inns or country houses. The dog is placed inside a wooden wheel (like a treadmill) mounted on the wall. The wheel is attached to the meat-jack by a link or pulley; as the dog runs inside the wheel, the meat turns round and is evenly roasted. Large households keep two turnspit dogs, which work on alternate days.”
― Sue Wilkes, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England

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“The London ‘season’ is the busiest time of the year for socialites, and the nobility and great county families like Mr Darcy’s in Pride and Prejudice keep a house in town. The ‘season’ begins early in the New Year and continues until early summer, when families decamp to their country retreats or fashionable watering holes like Margate. In autumn the ‘little season’ brings the upper classes scurrying back to London to enjoy a brief social whirlwind before winter fieldsports begin and they return to their estates.”
― Sue Wilkes, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England

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“The writer warns that ‘the girl of fifteen who strives not to please, will be a shrew and a slut at twenty-five.”
― Sue Wilkes, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England

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