Traditional rural craft and trade courses at Acton Scott

Adult courses programme for 2010

Building on the popularity of our Traditional Adult Skills Workshops, which have been on offer throughout 2009, Shropshire Council’s Acton Scott Historic Working Farm has prepared a new programme of courses which will run throughout 2010.

The courses feature a wide range of traditional building skills, rural crafts, animal husbandry and cottage life - giving participants the chance to have a go at everything from butter making and hedge-laying, through to preparing rabbit for the table and spending a day in the life of a Victorian farmer's wife.

All the tutors employed to run the courses are experts in their field, some earning their living through the everyday practice of their craft, while others are resident interpreters and demonstrators on the farm.

For the last 30 years, skilled craftsmen and women have demonstrated traditional domestic activities, rural crafts and working trades to visitors. Our aim is now not just to demonstrate these skills but to pass them on, through a programme of workshops and short courses.

Please open the attachment below for full details of the 2010 courses programme.

If you were like to book or to find out more about a particular course please telephone 01694 781307 or email us acton.scott.museum@shropshire.gov.uk. Bookings may be made by printing the booking form in attachments and sending together with a cheque to the address given. Alternatively, you may phone the above number and you can pay via debit/credit card and your booking will be processed immediately.

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