Calendar of Events
Call 01900 824805 for further details of all events
July 2008
Saturday, July 19 to Saturday, August 30
Mondays: Try your hand at decorating a pastry fish
Drop-in session in our Georgian kitchen from 11.30am to 1pm
Tuesdays: Create a traditional scented pomander
All-day drop-in session in the kitchen
Wednesdays: Make a fragrant lavender bag
All-day drop-in session in the kitchen
Thursdays: Riveting reads & tours, spooky stories, magical masks
July 24: Listen to the nursemaid read from Robinson Crusoe in the children’s bedroom at 11.30am or 12.30pm
July 31: Hear the maid-of-all-work’s spooky Cumbrian stories in the kitchen at 12pm. (Suitable for age 7 upwards)
August 7: Make a gorgeous butterfly or bug mask. 11.30am to 1pm or 2pm to 3.30pm
August 14: Join us for a family tour of the gardens where William and Dorothy once played. 12pm and 2.30pm
August 21: Hear the maid-of-all-work’s spooky Cumbrian stories in the kitchen at 12pm. (Suitable for age 7 upwards)
August 28: Join us for a family tour of the gardens where William and Dorothy once played. 12pm and 2.30pm
Fridays: Have a taste of Georgian cookery
Try a traditional 18th-century treat and take away the recipe. All day
Saturdays: Take up our skittles challenge
Join the manservant in the yard for a game at 12pm or 2.30pm
Every day: Talks, readings & trails
Join us any day at 2.30pm for a ten-minute talk about Georgian life or a reading from Robinson Crusoe. Trails in the house and garden all day
We are open daily, except Sunday, 11am-4.30pm (last admission 4pm).
Admission: adult £5.60, child £2.80, family £14.50. Events free with admission
For further details, call 01900 824805. Wordsworth House, Main Street, Cockermouth CA13 9RX.
www.wordsworthhouse.org.uk or www.nationaltrust.org.uk
September 2008
Saturday 20 September – Sunday 5 October
British Food Fortnight
Come and see how the Georgians ate on high days and holidays. Extra special dishes will be created and on show every day. Drop in 11.00am-3.00pm.