Wash the clothes.
We have a progression of different phones used throughout the years for students to explore
We have typewriters where students can try typing.
Younger students would do school work on slates which could be easily erased rather than wasting expensive paper
Nib pens and quills were used to write with ink. Students can try out both in our writing section
We have a range of different old fashioned irons for students to iron with
shaving gear included a shaving brush to apply shaving cream, a cut thoat razor, leather strop to sharpen the razor and shaving mug to hold the shaving cream.
Students will be able to try shaving a manikin with safety and cut throat razors (all blades are removed or blunt for safety)
We have multiple spinning tops for students to play with including this auger spinning top
One of the many examples of wooden toys commonly owned by small children in the 'olden days'.
Students can explore our range of wooden toys including cup and ball, spinning tops, wooden cars and trains and many more.
Wooden skittles are one of the games we offer for students to try
Another game we offer to students is Quiots or Ring toss
Pick up sticks was a popular game that is making a come back.
A sellection of our techology items regularly included in our incursion
The writing activity includes typewriters, slates and writing with ink and nib pens
Students are able to try and participate with all items including washing some clothes items on the oldfashioned wash board
Ladies would put their wet hair in curlers and pump warm air into the hair cap to dry their hair into curls.
We have some small versions of a clothes wringer that was used to remove excess water from clothes after washing.
some of the phones and technology that we have in our technology and toys section
Our shaving setup ready for students to try shaving the manikins
The presenters wear outfits based on different eras to demonstrate some of the fashion changes over time. This style is from the regency era.
A selection of toys we regular use as part of our incursion.
The washing setup where students can try washing on an old wash board.
We include a range of games including skittles, quiots, pick up sticks, knuckle bones, elastics and more