Weekend Re-Creations of Tudor Life

Re-CreationDatesRe-Creation Folk
Easter Re-Creation of Tudor Life
Friday, 21 March 2008
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Monday, 24 March 2008
50 - 100
May Day Re-Creation of Tudor Life
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Sunday, 4 May 2008
Monday, 5 May 2008
50 - 100
The High Summer Re-Creation of Tudor Life
Friday, 22 August 2008
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Sunday, 24 August 2008
Monday, 25 August 2008
50 - 100
Michaelmas Re-Creation of Tudor Life
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Sunday, 28 September 2008
50 - 100
 

Kentwell has four Weekend Re-Creations of Tudor Life each year. These were introduced to enable visitors to see a Re-Creation of Tudor Life in each month from April to September when Kentwell is open. Each Weekend Re-Creation is necessarily smaller than the Main Re-Creation but the flavour is retained and each offers much of what can be seen in the Great Annual Re-Creation.

 

• Fewer 'Tudors' take part and there is a smaller range of activities than for the Great Annual. Some Weekend Re-Creations may concentrate upon certain aspects only of Tudor Life.

• There is no Time Tunnel.

• Weekend Tudor Re-Creations, apart from that at Michaelmas, are not designed specifically for schools. The Michaelmas Re-Creation, alone of Weekend Re-Creations, has weekdays reserved exclusively for School parties only.

On the other hand:

• The whole House and other areas parts of which are not Open during the Great Annual are Open during Weekend Re-Creations.

Do visitors for a Weekend re-Creation have to dress in costume ?

No, we ask visitors not to come in costume, except for those visiting with a school party upon a schools only weekday of the Michaelmas Re-Creation.

Is a weekend Re-Creation based upon a specific Tudor year ?

Yes. For more about the years portrayed during this year's Weekend Re-Creations go to Tudor Year being Re-Created.

Weekend Re-Creation Themes

Weekend Re-Creations often have their own themes.

Easter - Good Friday to Easter Monday re-creates how Tudors celebrated Eastertide. (There is also a very un-Tudor Great Easter Egg Hunt Quiz then).

Mayday - Saturday to Bank Holiday Monday re-creates Tudor May Day Celebrations one of the most joyous happenings in the Tudor calendar.

Summer - usually our biggest Weekend Re-Creation over the August Bank Holiday Weekend (Friday to Monday).

Michaelmas - Once the harvest was in by Michaelmas the Tudor farming year was over. The September Michaelmas Re-Creation tries to re-create this spirit.