Greg Jenner

Sorry. After the gift giving, or perhaps parallel to the gift giving, is the writing your thoughts and feelings and declaring your love on paper?

Sorry. After the gift giving, or perhaps parallel to the gift giving, is the writing your thoughts and feelings and declaring your love on paper?

The increase of the letters importance is also to do with rising literacy rates. This is an era where more people can read and write.

The increase of the letters importance is also to do with rising literacy rates. This is an era where more people can read and write.

All right, so we've got quite a sort of important script of dating here. Where are they learning how to do this? Are mum and dad explaining it? Are they reading it in books?

All right, so we've got quite a sort of important script of dating here. Where are they learning how to do this? Are mum and dad explaining it? Are they reading it in books?

Hot, absolutely, yeah.

Hot, absolutely, yeah.

And the other thing to mention here, Carianne, is these letters, they're not private.

And the other thing to mention here, Carianne, is these letters, they're not private.

Oh, wow. So it's not even secure communication, right?

Oh, wow. So it's not even secure communication, right?

Wow. The lack of security on the old sending back your message is a bit worrying.

Wow. The lack of security on the old sending back your message is a bit worrying.

The next thing we were going to talk to you about, Cariad, was poetry. That's another huge element of the courting here is the either writing your own or... quoting your sort of favourite poets, quoting bits and bobs. And actually, we've got a cotton trader called Joseph Strutt, where he's not even really trying to woo the lady he loves.

The next thing we were going to talk to you about, Cariad, was poetry. That's another huge element of the courting here is the either writing your own or... quoting your sort of favourite poets, quoting bits and bobs. And actually, we've got a cotton trader called Joseph Strutt, where he's not even really trying to woo the lady he loves.

He's just sort of listing the virtues he's demanding in a wife. He's like, this is what I'm looking for. You must meet all these criteria, wisdom, virtue, modesty, prudence, all the hot ones. But Cariad, we thought maybe you'd like to read us Mr. Joseph Strutt's poetry.

He's just sort of listing the virtues he's demanding in a wife. He's like, this is what I'm looking for. You must meet all these criteria, wisdom, virtue, modesty, prudence, all the hot ones. But Cariad, we thought maybe you'd like to read us Mr. Joseph Strutt's poetry.

He's probably quite comfortably well off.

He's probably quite comfortably well off.