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- Wed May 08, 2013 6:06 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Free 17thC food talk (with tastings!) - Wakefield
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Free 17thC food talk (with tastings!) - Wakefield
Flatulence and Phlegm: cooking with herbs and salad in seventeenth century England A fun food talk (with tastings) by Annie Gray! Friday 17th May - starting at 6pm prompt Annie Gray will deliver a fun and informative talk (with food tastings) at Wakefield Museum, where you will find out more about ...
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:33 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Historic Food Day, Wakefield, September 15th
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Historic Food Day, Wakefield, September 15th
Historic Food Day at Clarke Hall A one day free public event Saturday 15 September 2012, 9.30am to 6pm Join us this autumn for an Historical Food Day of talks, workshops and food demonstrations. Set in the 17th century Clarke Hall, Wakefield, this one day event will have themes including 17th centu...
- Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:02 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Costume Design for Film Residency
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- Views: 1199
Costume Design for Film Residency
Nothing to do with me - just forwarded as I thought some people here might be interested. Almost makes me wish I'd learned to sew! Costume Design for Film Residency £8,400 (bursary) The V&A is inviting applications from UK-based film costume designers who wish to develop their practice in designing ...
- Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:08 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Clarke Hall Museum, Wakefield
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4308
Re: Clarke Hall Museum, Wakefield
Glad you all enjoyed it - we had some amazing presenters on Saturday, it was quite a buzz.
I don't think it counts as hard work when it is so much fun!
I don't think it counts as hard work when it is so much fun!

- Thu May 26, 2011 4:23 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Historic Food Day - 11th June
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4428
Re: Historic Food Day - 11th June
Historic Food Day FREE Adult Event Clarke Hall Museum, Wakefield Saturday 11th June 9.30am to 5.30pm Speakers/demonstrators include: Peter Brears (Tudor sweets) Ivan Day (17th century ice-cream) Richard Fitch (early chocolate) 4 and 20 Blackbirds (medieval cooking) Iona McCleery (medieval food and ...
- Mon May 23, 2011 6:53 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Historic Food Day - 11th June
- Replies: 3
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Historic Food Day - 11th June
Notice of the forthcoming Historic Food Day to be held at Clarke Hall Museum in Wakefield on Saturday June 11th. Speakers/demonstrators include: Peter Brears Ivan Day Richard Fitch Julia Gant Iona McCleery Jo Buckberry Places are FREE, but advance booking essential as places are limited. The booking...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:05 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Arrow head date?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3184
Re: Arrow head date?
Thanks guys most useful info :) I'm pretty hacked off about loosing our skull to Wakefield though, regardless of it's age! Just to point out that the skull is only on loan to Wakefield, and will be returned to Worksop when the exhibition closes at the end of January. The exhibition does not claim t...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:52 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Handgonnes at Towton
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5038
Re: Handgonnes at Towton
There are some early guns in the West Bohemia Museum, Pilsen. There is at least one which has an exploded barrel. I'm afraid I'm no expert on guns, so I can't remember the details (or how early it is), but it shouldn't be impossible to find out if anyone cares! http://www.virtualtravelglobe.com/czec...
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:01 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: Stencilled textile
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3553
Re: Stencilled textile
Looks even better 'in the flesh'.
Jorge, you'll be glad to know the project is going ahead after all, and so as soon as it's in place I'll send you photos of it in situ.
Jorge, you'll be glad to know the project is going ahead after all, and so as soon as it's in place I'll send you photos of it in situ.

- Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:25 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Where do you attach your points?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 27779
Re: Where do you attach your points?
Ahh, thats fine then. I've met a couple of people extolling the virtues of HE hose, but they didn't know it was made that way, which makes it something to avoid. Depends on your outlook. I know of several respected groups and individuals who advocate using jersey wool hose because they 'look right'...
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:11 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Where do you attach your points?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 27779
Re: Where do you attach your points?
I was under the impression that some people such as the aforementioned historic enterprises did actually boil wash woven wool. Do you have any evidence one way or the other? I wasn't specifically talking about HE. But from their website entry on the hose: "These hose are made from Merino wool jerse...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:44 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Where do you attach your points?
- Replies: 122
- Views: 27779
Re: Where do you attach your points?
What is normally sold as 'boiled wool' is a mechanically knitted fabric rather than woven.guthrie wrote:So nobody has seen any evidence for boiling the wool for hose then?
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:05 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Recent project
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4218
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:28 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Recent project
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4218
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:47 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Wars Of The Roses Living History
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11478
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:49 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Wars Of The Roses Living History
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11478
- Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:45 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Wars Of The Roses Living History
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11478
- Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:31 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Wars Of The Roses Living History
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11478
Related to this, I went to Archeon with my group, which were attached to Lord and Lady Roos' group as they organised it. Well, one day Sylvia Fradley was chatting with me and my group Leaderene and Fradders said to me, bear in mind I hadn't seen the wench for years, 'Glad to see you have quietened ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:25 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: typically english helmets 15c
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2753
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:39 pm
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: 17thC traders - Easter 2009 - free pitch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2074
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:20 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: Food, Drink and Rhubarb - 17th Century Style
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1889
Food, Drink and Rhubarb - 17th Century Style
There will be a 17th century slant to Wakefield’s Festival of Food, Drink and Rhubarb with a new initiative for this year. Clarke Hall will be taking part in the festival for the first time and it will be hosting daytime and evening events which tie in with the theme of the festival. Both events tak...
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:58 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plea for ribbon and trim offcuts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4056
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:07 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plea for ribbon and trim offcuts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4056
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:09 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plea for ribbon and trim offcuts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4056
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:36 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Fur fabric suppliers?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2685
- Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:58 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plea for ribbon and trim offcuts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4056
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:51 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Plea for ribbon and trim offcuts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4056
Plea for ribbon and trim offcuts
Following my very sucessful plea for fabric offcuts for Luton museum (thank you everyone, the project was a big success), I'm now going to be cheeky and ask if anyone has any offucts of ribbon or decorative trims that are just taking up space. I need it for a series of free community workshops - his...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:03 am
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: 1914 civilians
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2679
Of course! D'oh! I always associate them with WWIISasha wrote:http://www.homefrontfriends.org.uk/
Thanks.
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:51 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: 1914 civilians
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2679
1914 civilians
I'm looking into putting on an event set in 1914 for next year, but would need some costumed civilians (not military). It would be pre-Great War, and centred on some archaeological work of that period. Do you know of anyone that does circa 1914 civilians? Big moustaches a bonus! :lol: Thanks, Vicky
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