Victorians
- Attend the austere surroundings of a Victorian school and beware the punishments.
- Stay in a Tied Cottage, set off down the mines, visit the marketplace and build tunnels with Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
- Workshop length: 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Stay in a Tied Cottage and set off down the mines at 6am till 6pm from the age of 4 years old.
- Be careful not to get Fossy Jaw when working in the match factory.
- Visit the market place to have your shoes shined, buy goods from the milk maids, flower and ribbon sellers.
- Visit the ragged school and meet Dr Barnado and Syrie Elmslie and others who wished to help the poor neglected children on the streets.
- Join Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as he builds tunnels , bridges and ships.
House of Tudor
- Stroll around Hampton court with King Henry VIII and meet some of his six wives.
- Watch the archers shoot, enjoy a pageant fit for a new Queen and find out how England defeated the Armada.
- Workshop length: 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Stroll around Hampton court with King Henry 8th and Jane Seymour and see the new designs for the stained glass windows for Henry’s new Church of England.
- Visit the apothecaries for some spurious medicines and meet the ladies in waiting as they practise their embroidery and try and catch Henry’s attention.
- Watch the archers as they improve their shooting and
- Listen to the speeches of Lord Rochford and Anne Bolyen and watch their execution.
- Can Nine year old Edward VI and Mary I hold onto power when they come to the throne.
- Enjoy the excitement of a Pageant held in honour of the new Queen Elizabeth I
- Who can she trust and who will be rewarded
- Find out how England managed to defeat the Armada.