Tag: cricket and drinking in victorian england

Gin, Cricket & England’s Victorian Society

Did the Victorian social habits of botanically infused spirits and a penchant for the game of cricket ever mix?

Gin is famed for the 18th century craze that showcased London as a bit of a mad-pot town, filled with damned souls sodden on Old Tom from the bathtub. True as it might be the late Victorian era (1850s onwards) also had a bit of a penchant for gin,