Courses - Historic Home Life

MEAT AND MORE MEAT

4 November 2009
5 November 2009

If you want to eat the best, freshest and tastiest meat around it helps to be able to prepare it yourself.  The day will focus upon the practical skills of skinning, drawing, plucking and boning a range of birds and other game, and at some of the more interesting ways of cooking it.

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee: £
60

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

27 January 2010

Secrets in signatures and what your signature says about you. Also learn about autograph collecting, forgery, provenance and personality. During the day some signatures on documents associated with the Museum will be examined. 10am-4pm

Tutor:Rosemary Hudson
Course fee: £40

AGEING THROUGH THE AGES

25 April 2010

Are we truly in better health than past generations as we age? A day to examine attitudes, diets, lifestyles and medicines over the past five centuries, and compare with our circumstances today. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christina Stapley
Course fee: £50

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VICTORIAN CLEANING

5 May 2010

Clean and neat. The Victorian way of keeping your home and family presentable and hygienic. We shall be looking through and trying out a huge range of methods from the days before marketed products. Learn more about these traditional recipes and time honoured techniques. 10am–4pm

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee:
£60

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HISTORIC CHEESE MAKING

Thursday 6 May 2010

A hands-on day focussing upon historical cheese making techniques, tasks and ingredients. We shall be making a number of different styles of cheese from skim milk cheese, to cheddaring, cottage cheese to ‘green cheese’, looking in detail at a number of recipes from the 16th to 19th centuries. 10am–4pm

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee: £60

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COTTAGE HERB GARDEN: PERENNIALS FOR PRESERVES, POTIONS AND PIGMENTS

21 May 2010 

When is a flower not a flower? When it is also a herb. Discover the hidden uses of familiar garden flowers from the herbaceous border. Samples of wines, dyed materials, remedies and skincare products will inspire a choice of designing your own ideal border or plot for personal needs or making recipes. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christina Stapley
Course fee:
£50

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HISTORIC CLOTHING DAY

8 June 2010

Examine clothing worn by individuals of a low status who lived in dwellings similar to those at the Museum. There will also be an opportunity to handle original garments and fabrics, to examine stock replica clothing and discuss techniques involved. 10am–4.30pm

Tutor: Barbara Painter
Course fee: £60

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MAKE A HERBARIUM - A PERSONAL PLANT RECORD

12 June 2010

Learn how to make your own herbarium: identify plants, effectively press them and record all important details to create a wealth of knowledge. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christin Stapley
Course fee: £50

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SING SUSSEX SONGS

13 June 2010

A day for anyone interested in traditional, unaccompanied singing and an interest in English social history. No prior knowledge or experience will be assumed. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Chris and Ann Hare and Emily
Course fee: £50

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15TH CENTURY - HERBS IN THE MEDIEVAL MANOR

18 June 2010

From household accounts, cookery recipes and leechbooks comes a wealth of information and recipes using herbs as flavourings, colourings, preservatives, fragrances, medicines and pest repellents. Sage, parsley, garlic, tansy, pot marigolds, rosemary are some of the herbs used on the day. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christina Stapley.  Her Website contains information on her workshops, book extracts, talks, and information on her garden.
Course fee:
£50

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SECRETS OF THE TUDOR STILLROOM

19 June 2010

The stillroom was the source of a variety of potions, salves, pest repellents, cleansers, cosmetics and fragrant mixes in addition to the all-important distilled aromatic waters.  Come and explore some of the recipes handed down over the generations from medieval times, making cough sweets, salves, herb honeys and drinks. 

Tutor: Christina Stapley.  Her Website contains information on her workshops, book extracts, talks, and information on her garden.
Course fee: £50 includes coffee, lunch and tea.

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VICTORIAN AND TUDOR HAIR AND MAKEUP

7 July 2010

The body beautiful. Learn about cosmetics and hairdressing of the Tudor and Victorian periods. We shall be making a variety of beauty products from perfumed hair rinses to lipsalves and Tudor hair gel. We shall be flicking through the fashion images of the day and have a go at recreating the period look. 10am–4pm

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee:
£60

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TUDOR SALADS AND VEGETABLES

8 July 2010

There may not have been vegetarians in Tudor England but there were plenty of vegetables, salad leaves and edible flowers.  Explore a whole host of period recipes centred on herbs and vegetables of all kinds, from Peas Pottage to Grand Salat.  The tradition of fasting days provides us with a strong and varied range of meat-free dishes to draw upon, and include an impressive number of different edible plants, some familiar and some less so.

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee: £
60

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HERB WALK AROUND THE MUSEUM

10 July 2010

By popular request, a day to learn secrets of herbal folklore, uses for plants growing wild around the site and details of medical applications for herbs. Whether your interest is in botany, beauty, fragrance, flavours of cookery, times of gathering, safe use, recognising dangerous plants or country lore, there will be fascinating discoveries for all. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christina Stapley
Course fee: £50

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BELOW STAIRS

July 2010 date to be confirmed

A two day course, which studies life below stairs in the large households of the 16th to 20th centuries.

Day One: A look at the 16th & 17th centuries, including

bulletsources of information available including plans, household ordinances and inventories
bulletthe study of household management at Hampton Court
bulletthe study of preparing and presenting food, the role of food in emphasising status and table manners
bulleta site visit to Cowdray House ruins.

Day Two: Looking at the 18th to 20th centuries including:

bulletthe increasing complexity of the organisation of the household staff
bulletthe development of the Country House Plan, including the function of each room, male and female departments and the analysis of plans for surviving buildings
bulletthe developments in water supplies, bakehouses, kitchen ranges, ovens etc
bulletthe changes in preparation and presentation of food, the use of still houses and dairies, and methods of serving food
bulletA site visit to parts of Petworth House.

Tutor: Peter Brears is a food historian and historic house consultant, and has worked on prestigious projects including Uppark, Petworth House, Woburn Abbey, Chatsworth and Hampton Court Palace. He will draw on his experience of restoring domestic environments and kitchens for presentation to the public and for educational use.

Course Fee: (To be confirmed) per person, to include tuition, coffees, teas and a light lunch each day. Students to use their own transport for the site visits, but lifts can be arranged if needed.

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HERBS FOR HEALTH

21 August 2010

The origins of the herbaceous border lie in growing herbs for home remedies in the past.  Led by a medical herbalist, the course offers guidance on the most safe and useful herbs to grow and how to harvest and use or preserve them.  A practical day, including the opportunity to make a footbath, herbal honey syrups, herbal teas, infused oil, a herb pillow and more.  9.30am-4.30pm.

Tutor: Christina Stapley.  Her Website contains information on her workshops, book extracts, talks, and information on her garden.
Course fee: £50 includes coffee, lunch and tea.

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“RE-WRITING HISTORY”: MAKING HISTORICAL INKS

21 August 2010

Recipes for inks have been many and various over centuries: from adding wormwood to stop mice eating documents, adding brandy to stop inks freezing in winter, to an inkstand that turns water into ink. Spend a day learning to make fascinating natural inks, including the chance to try them out! 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christina Stapley
Course fee: £50

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THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - BREAD

8 September 2010

Museum milled flour will be used to make common brown loaves of the working folk in the kitchen’s historic bread oven. The day will include the role of bread in Tudor life, the technology of the Tudor bread oven, the law of the time and the special loaves baked for festivals.

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee: £
60

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THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - PIES AND PASTRIES

9 September 2010

A selection of techniques and recipes from a Tudor bakehouse, from hand-raised standing pies to deep fried choux pastry bennets.  10am-4pm

Tutor: Ruth Goodman
Course fee: £
60

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18TH CENTURY STILLROOM SECRETS

24 September 2010 

Despite the growing interest in chemical medicines, for most of the century the stillroom continued to be the scene of distilling aromatic waters for medicine and cosmetics. Period recipes made on the day will range from snuff and hair tonic, through gargles, medicinal cooling and warming drinks to potted cheese and confections. 9.30am–4.30pm

Tutor: Christina Stapley
Course fee:
£50

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