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Sitting in lockdown in a pair of ugly trackies, I’ve been wondering what people in the past wore to get comfy. Was there an equivalent to trackpants in the 1800s or were they really obliged to wear cravats and corsets in their own home?

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Samuel Pepys was sent to live with a nurse as a baby - was it common for babies and young children to be sent to live away from their parents? Why was it done and how did it affect their attachment to their family?

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Sitting in lockdown in a pair of ugly trackies, I’ve been wondering what people in the past wore to get comfy. Was there an equivalent to trackpants in the 1800s or were they really obliged to wear cravats and corsets in their own home?	161
Samuel Pepys was sent to live with a nurse as a baby - was it common for babies and young children to be sent to live away from their parents? Why was it done and how did it affect their attachment to their family?	23