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The Worst Jobs in Tudor Times

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A Gentleman Usher from Henry VIII’s Palace of Nonsuch pays a visit to the village looking for workers. He needs a gong (shit) farmer, a food taster, a spit boy, a groom of the stool, and a wool dyer. If you really want to get ahead, become an executioner! Come along and see if you fancy a change of job and a short life!

Cost £5 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF. Tel 020 8394 1734.

Trowels at Dawn

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Trowels at Dawn: protecting the past in post-war London.

Peter Marsden and Max Hebditch discuss excavation work in post war London including the discovery of the Billingsgate Roman House.

Tickets: £8 (£6 concession; £5 students) plus booking fee.

Book online at: cityoflondon.gov.uk/londinium 

or call: 020 7638 8891

Knight School

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A Serjeant-at-Arms from the Tower of London visits Ewell to tell you how you become a Knight. Sent away from home at the age of 7 to the castle of a wealthy Lord, you will begin your training as a Page learning combat skills and horsemanship until you are 14. Between then and 21 you become a squire, capable of engaging in battle and if you fight bravely you may be made a Knight.

Our visitor will bring weapons for you to master and teach you how to defend and attack a castle.

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