This is a nice little article to have a nose at if you’ve got five minutes to kill before bed.

‘Flops from a “knife and fork cleaner” to a “cholera belt” provide a curious look at life in 19th century England’

My personal favourite is possibly the oyster opener – because haven’t we all just been dying for a solution to that particular problem!

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/10-victorian-inventions-never-quite-took-180953865/#yGxFVUo84Ct22Khh.99