Victorian Britain

4. the scientist who gave us ‘Natural Selection’ (aka ‘survival of the fittest’); his namesake is among us !
5. the chap who invented the telephone. Ding ding!
6. Women who raised Victorian children; Mary is the most popular of them.
9. a cause of many illnesses not known before the Victorian Age ; usually spelled death…
11. the vapour into which water is converted when heated; it was a game changer, it powered the Industrial Revolution (literally!).
12. a great display of innovation and power (fun fact : The Eiffel Tower was built to host the French version…)

1. A new mode of public transportation at the end of the 18th century, choo choo
2. a country or area under the political control of another.
3. the exchanging of goods between countries, say. Trump is about to shake things up.
7. The man who actually made ‘let there be light’ a reality
8. a job for (unlucky!) Victorian children; dirty, you say.
10. monarch’s consort, apparently introduced the Christmas Tree to Britain
11. A raw material massively produced in Britain, particularly in the north of England; alas, its heyday is long gone.