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ordable even to a meagre budget and the seaside was fast becoming the place to be.Where a day spent at a Pleasure Garden had been the perfect way to spend a day off when a holiday was only a single day, as more and more people were gaining longer holidays, the seaside holiday became a Victorian "must have'.The Pleasure Gardens began to be forgotten, and as they fell further into decline, with property at a premium their prime land was eagerly taken over by the ever expanding cities.Sarah Jane Downing is the author of The English Pleasure Garden 1660-1860, published by Shire Publications priced at ?￡5.99www.shirebooks.co.uk English Pleasure Garden 1660-184a4c68502830f6-4-A-Tea-Garden.jpgThe English Pleasure Garden 1660-1860 by Sarah Jane DowningThe story of the Pleasure Gardens starts from the time of the Restoration of the monarchy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], becoming the most fashionable place to be for style conscious Georgians,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], only coming to a close at the height of Victoria's reign.The Gardens showcased the finest musicians and artists of the day,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], hosting Mozart's English debut, and exhibited fine art in a public setting for first time. Providing literary inspiration for Pepys, Thackeray,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Austen and Dickens, they were also the subject of poetry, painting, and opera and became the living epitome of the Romantic Movement.In an age almost as celebrity obsessed as our own, it was the place to see and be seen, the colonnades and walks became the catwalks for society ladies anxious to show off their of
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