From July 4th to July 18th 2016 I spent a fortnight attempting to dress, eat, and live as much like a middle class Wellington housewife would have in the winter of 1916 as it was possible for me to do. While my experiment wasn’t a perfect recreation of life in 1916, the project still provided a significant base for understanding everyday life in the period, and will hopefully be a jumping-off point for pursuing further living history research. Blog posts about the project: Introducing the 1916 project – how the idea came about. A Fortnight in 1916: Guidelines for the project. A sewing machine for 1916: meet my new (very old) 1893 Singer 27 The Fornight in 1916: And so it begins – reflections on the first day Doing laundry in 1916 – research on laundry in 1916 Doing laundry in 1916 – the part where I actually do it. The halfway point – reflections a week in. 1916 Megrims – when the project got hard. Eating in 1916: a dinner 1916: it gets better …