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shopping victorian style As with many modern-day Christmas traditions, the concept of shopping developed during Victorian times. [|Shopping] wasn't always as you know it to be. It took many years of significant technological developments and changes in social structure to get it to the point with which you are familiar now. Early in the era, shopping was quite different from what it is now (1876). Yes, there were stores, some quite large; however, the rich and middle class, instead of going into them would have their carriages driven to the front door and expected the shopkeepers to bring their wares out to them. Furniture makers brought sample merchandise to their customers' homes and estates. And provision merchants (butchers, fishmongers, etc.) went to the back of the house to the servants' entrance where the housekeeper or cook would make the purchases. And newspaper ads featured a wide range of items such as patented medicines, bicycles, furniture and other goods which could be purchased through the post (by Kaitlyn O'neill) [|Auctions online]

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 * In **Victorian** times many shopkeepers traded through open windows at the front of their shop. The customer would stand in the street and be served by the shopkeeper from inside. Dirt from the street would blow into the shop and flies would settle on the food in summer. The floors and counters were made of wood which was difficult to keep clean. Mice and rats were always a problem. (**Christopher Fielding)**

= == This is the inside of a victorians typical shop. (Niamh Tweedie) ==

== In **Victorian** times there were no big supermarkets like today. Instead there were lots of smaller shops, all selling different types of food. Grocers’ shops for instance, sold dried goods such as tea, coffee, sugar and rice; butchers’ shops sold meat; and dairy shops sold milk, cream, butter, eggs and cheese. (Niamh Tweedie) ==

Instead of shopping at small local shops, most of us serve ourselves in enormous out-of-town supermarkets. Instead of eating the same meals that our grandparents did, we can enjoy exciting and varied food from all around the world.( louise Wylie) =

( louise Wylie)

Original Victorian shops. (Eve Niblock)

 Most people would go shopping every day to buy small amounts of what they needed. As there were no large supermarkets they would often have to go to lots of different shops. Shops opened six days a week, sometimes seven. They would stay open in the evening until the last customer left. Poor people would often buy from markets or street sellers as these were cheaper than shops.(Eve Niblock) This is a typical victorian wine shop.(Clare Carson) ||  ||   ||   ||