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Here are some links to other websites of interest.
Be they fact or fiction, these are the names we are all familiar with, these are the infamous few who stand out from a sea of many.
Casebook:Jack The Ripper
http://www.casebook.org/
For every thing there is to know about Jack the Ripper, this has to be the world's largest public repository of Ripper-related information! If you are new to the case, your urged to read their Frequently Asked Questions before moving on to the comprehensive Introduction to the Case. They also have a new Photo Archive and encourage any questions or comments to inquiries
casebook.org.
http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/
'Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John H. Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The house was last used as a lodging house in 1936 and the famous 1st floor study overlooking Baker Street is still faithfully maintained as it was kept in Victorian Times.
Step back in time, and when you visit London, remember to visit The World's Most Famous address - 221b BAKER STREET - the Official Home of Sherlock Holmes!'
http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK
A website for all Fusionalists!...Give, take or simply appeal for something you need. It's like ebay, but not...more of a free-bay!...you will need a yahoo email address and the means to collect your item yourself. If you don't check the right box during sign up you will end up with a lot of email traffic, be mindful of this!
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,297 groups with 4,714,000 members across the globe. It's an entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Membership is free.
River Junction Trade Co
A wonderful selection of 19th century American Western clothing for Ladies and Gentlemen can be found here www.riverjunction.com walk in store and mail order, will ship world wide.
Traditional hand forged ironmongery for those of you who appreciate craftsmenship and quality. Whether you are looking for tee hinges for a cottage door, rosehead nails for your barn conversion or simply a door knocker for the front door, at hand forged ltd, the item of ironmongery can be securely purchased on-line.
Visit their on-line shop now or find them in the real world at:
5-6 Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1NG
Telephone: 07891 854820 (Weekdays 8a.m. to 5p.m.)
Although this is not strictly speaking a 'Steampunk' site, there are areas of common interest we share with this interesting genre. Here is a small selection of web sites you may wish to visit.
~The Steampunk Empire as suggested by our own dear Baroness!...Bustling web site full of activity, build your own web page on there and make new like minded friends.
http://etheremporium.pbwiki.com/
~Æther Emporium an exciting, informative, onestop resource for all things Steampunk. These pages are also inclusive of items and of genres on the fringe of Steampunk. Speculative fiction, Neo-Victorianism, Dieselpunk etc.
http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.com/
~Voyages Extraordinaires is a blog site I have been enjoying for a while now. Very well maintained and often updated. 'For those who enjoy Victorian-Edwardian Scientific Romances and Retro-Futurism, Victoriana and Neo-Victorianism, Imperialist Romances, Gothic Horror, Pulp Fiction, the Golden Ages of Hollywood and of Travel, silent and early films and real life adventures into places exotic and historic.'