These photos are from a recent trip on 30^th November 2006 to Tamworth Castle . This was as part of our History topic about the Victorians. The class was split into two groups and taken off to separate workshops. One workshop allowed the children to dress in typical servant’s costume and learn the duties of a Victorian servant. We were taught how to bow and courtesy and the housekeeper inspected our hands to see how clean they were! The adults got told off for wearing jewellery (you weren’t allowed to wear any in Victorian times!). The housekeeper was very strict and you weren’t allowed to talk to your friends or slack on the job! The other workshop allowed the children to hear about and examine Victorian artefacts such as the cane, a carpet beater and a candle snuffer. Some children tried on rich Victorian children’s clothes! We all thoroughly enjoyed our visit!  

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