Wedding Dress Appeal Success
We’ve had an absolutely fantastic’ response to our appeal for wedding dresses for our exhibition next year. We want to include dresses work right up to the present day, and lots of brides have been in touch to tell us about their beautiful dresses from the 1970s onwards. We are
Tudor Warfare from Hands on History
Last night we hosted a talk on Tudor Warfare by Martin and Daryl from Hands on History. Our guests watched as volunteers were dressed in full plate armour as would have been worn at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and one of the archers who would have fought in Henry
The summer holidays are nearly over
Our last Living History Day of the summer holidays today was great fun. We enjoyed talking to our guests about Tudor and Stuart life. Our amazing volunteers, Tricia, Georgia, Maddy and Ellie all engaged our visitors with chats on period clothing, medicines, food and industry. Here you see some of
Last ‘Living History Day’ of the summer holidays
Join us at for the last Living History Day of the summer holidays at Bridge Cottage next Wed 31st Aug 10am-3pm. Our Living History Days have been lots of fun so far – we’ve really enjoyed meeting all our visitors and telling them a little bit about life in the
Another great day had by all at our ‘Living History Day’
Monday 22nd August we were pleased to host another 16/17th Century Living History day. Our visitors were able to experience life during the Tudor and Stuart period. Our medicine room shared cures for common illnesses. A particular favourite was a cure for bad hearing: a grey eel with a white
