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- This session lasts one hour and is suitable for one class.
- The session takes place in the Saloon in Wimpole Hall.
- You will be met in the Stable Block by a member of the Education
department and brought up to the Hall for your session
- By trying on costumes and handling artefacts your class can discover what
life was like in a country house during the 1840s.
- We have 7 complete child sized replica costumes - the scullery maid,
gardeners’boy, cook, the housekeeper, a footman, her Ladyship and his Lordship.
Please choose 3 boys and 4 girls to try on these costumes before your visit.
- When the session has been introduced these children will leave the room
briefly with some of your accompanying adults and a member of Wimpole’s
Education team. They will put on the Victorian underclothes (which are very
modest) over their own clothes before returning to the costume session.
- During this time the rest of the class will be able to dress up in mobcaps
and aprons and waistcoats and neckerchiefs.
- The session will continue with the main characters being dressed in their
top clothes.
- We will ask for volunteers from the rest of the class to assist us in this
and would be grateful if you would be prepared to choose the children when
necessary.
- The children will find out what life would have been like in a large
country house for servants and wealthy landowners.
- At the end of the session the children who have taken on the main roles
are taken into the next room to look in the mirror before getting changed.
A preliminary visit to meet the Education Officer is recommended.
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