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1.2 ... which is an immediate success, the seed planted on Brownsea Island takes root and spreads worldwide

Penny Black, TE pi 8,
intense black, brown-

red Maltese cross.

The Victorian era was a time of little organised leisure activiti es for the
genera l publi c. To a large extent, this was due to most people not havi ng
surplus of time and did not have money to spend on such activities.

1898 postal stationery card f rom Bavaria, postmarked Munich 10 SEP 1898, sent to Kitzingen am Main.
The postal statione1y card commemorates the exhibition f or industrial machines in Munich, 1898.

The industrial revo lution brought a change to people ' s life . More and more peop le
grad ua lly got more spare time, and were soon searching for act iviti es to fill this void.

Also children and young people saw a change, from long working days, to days with more leisure time.