When Men Had Too Many Pockets: Dangerous Victorian History

While the complaint about women's pockets being substandard compared to mens has long existed, the sheer volume they were up against in the 19th century would have been difficult to match. Twelve was considered bare minimum before adding an overcoat, which doesn't even account for "specials" that tailors could add anywhere from inside another pocket to the outer coat sleeve for a lady's hand to stay warm while walking together. The problem starts when you realize just how easy it was to toss something in a pocket and loose or forget it. Especially since some of those pockets were set in the tails of coats and ended up UNDER the person when seated. More than a few entertaining stories of strange and regrettable choices abound. Everything from explosions to alligators!

00:00 Importance of Pockets
04:23 Standard Locations
09:18 Approved Contents
13:32 Bad Ideas