Caroline Roope
Caroline Roope is a social history writer
Recent articles by Caroline Roope
From Father Christmas to gingerbread houses, the origins of beloved childhood Christmas traditions
Caroline Roope looks at our ancestors' favourite childhood Christmas activities
The ‘hop-picking holidays’ that let poor city dwellers experience the countryside
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, poor families in Britain enjoyed travelling to Kent for 'hop picking holidays' where they picked hops