Why not have an audience with Queen Victoria?
We can offer instruction on how to address the Queen and learn about her funny little ways.
More
Take a walk down our culinary memory lane with presentations that show the food we ate and how it relates to how we used to live.
More
Meet the surgeon and his leeches. Find out about surgery before anaesthesia.
More
Find out what our ancestors ate and how it differed between the rich and the poor.
More
Crime and Punishment
With presentations from Medieval to Victorian discover how it feels to be put in the pillory or stocks, feel the thumbscrews tightening, tie a hangman’s noose. Learn about the development of the ‘long drop’.
Watch your children being taught how to pick pockets throughout history and listen to the tricks of the Victorian burglar.
Did you know of the gruesome trade of grave robbing or the darkest business of baby farming?
Medieval Crime and Punishment – Find out about Medieval outlaws. Discover how it feels to be put in the pillory or stocks and feel the thumbscrews tightening.
Grave Robber - Steve has developed the character of Nehemiah Bacon, Resurrectionist (grave robber!). Discover how he benefits medicine and maybe he will disclose the sleazier side of this trade!
Bow Street Runners – Watch out, watch out the Bow Street Runners are about! Why were they formed and what were their powers?
Victorian Criminals - Listen as Steve tells the tricks of the Victorian burglar. Learn about the development of the ‘long drop’ and tie a hangman’s noose.
Victorian Tosher – Steve illustrates Victorian life by showing the finds a Victorian tosher makes in the sewers of London.
Victorian and Early 20th Century Baby Farmers – Eve has carried out research for the most comprehensive history of this the darkest of businesses. Hear her tell about some of Britain’s baby farmers and learn the sad fate of some illegitimate babies in Victorian and early 20th Century Britain. Her book 'Victorian and Early 20th Century Baby Farming - The Darkest Business' is due to be released in Autumn 2024.
With presentations from Medieval to Victorian discover how it feels to be put in the pillory or stocks, feel the thumbscrews tightening, tie a hangman’s noose. Learn about the development of the ‘long drop’.