Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… revolved around social occasions in Assembly Rooms or in open spaces such as Pleasure Gardens where public breakfasts or tea could be organized; public tea for instance was given by the Duke of Cumberland in April 1767: ‘the Sunday evening he gave public tea to all, townspeople as well as strangers. You may depend upon it he wanted not company’ (Penrose 164). Sociability …
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