Date: Friday 3 August 2018, All Day
Venue: York Castle Museum
Follow our trail to find letters and objects in the 1914 exhibition. Discover them all for a fun sticker prize!
50p per trail with reward sticker.
Events - 3 Aug 18
‘When the World Changed Forever’ Trail – Fri 3 Aug 2018
Explore at Castle – Fri 3 Aug 2018
Date: Friday 3 August 2018, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Explore what life was like during World War One through self-guided activities.
Activities include:
– sending information using flags (an activity called ‘Semaphore’)
– testing First Aid skills using teddy bears
– designing a campaign poster
Daily 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm, apart from Monday 6th and Friday 17th of August.
Street’s Alive – Up Our Street – Fri 3 Aug 2018
Date: Friday 3 August 2018, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Be amazed as Kirkgate comes alive, sending visitors to a forgotten age. Who will you meet ‘Up Our Street?’
Perhaps Dolly White the washerwoman? She’s never short of gossip or chores to do, and might need help with all her washing!
Look out for all our characters across the summer and get involved in their daily lives.
Explore at Castle – Fri 3 Aug 2018
Date: Friday 3 August 2018, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Explore what life was like during World War One through self-guided activities.
Activities include:
– sending information using flags (an activity called ‘Semaphore’)
– testing First Aid skills using teddy bears
– designing a campaign poster
Daily 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm, apart from Monday 6th and Friday 17th of August.
Postponed: Curator’s Talk: Footwear for Foul Weather – Patterns and Overshoes from the Collection of York Castle Museum – Fri 3 Aug 2018
Date: Friday 3 August 2018, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Please note: this talk will no longer take place August 3 2018. It will be postponed to August 24 2018 at 2pm.
In an age before shoes and boots were waterproof, how did people navigate dirty streets and muddy country lanes without ruining their footwear? Worn by men and women alike from the middle ages to around 1850, pattens and overshoes protected the expensive delicate shoes of the rich, and the everyday shoes of agricultural workers, domestic servants and coachmen. Made of sturdy leather, wood and iron, they came in a remarkable variety of styles, and could be surprisingly decorative. Most households the country over would have owned at least one pair of pattens, and the unmistakable clatter of pattens on paved streets rang out in every British city and town. Join Dr Faye Prior for a journey through the history of overshoes in Britain – a history that’s surprisingly naughty in places! Experience the enormity of a massive pair of Victorian coachman’s overboots, examine a set of pattens that belonged to a Yorkshire schoolmistress, and you could even hold in your hand a very rare (and tiny!) pair of children’s pattens from the eighteenth century.
£5 per person. Museum admission applies. Click here to book through Eventbrite.
Street’s Alive – Up Our Street – Fri 3 Aug 2018
Date: Friday 3 August 2018, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: York Castle Museum
Be amazed as Kirkgate comes alive, sending visitors to a forgotten age. Who will you meet ‘Up Our Street?’
Perhaps Dolly White the washerwoman? She’s never short of gossip or chores to do, and might need help with all her washing!
Look out for all our characters across the summer and get involved in their daily lives.