Bridge 59 was the straw that almost broke the camel's back. Its deterioration caused the local authority to seek permission to abandon the canal back in 1958, so that they could divert the roadway across the bed of the waterway. Evidence as to the canal's use relied on the purchase of a solitary ticket for a canoe trip the previous year!
Today we are to off to discover the childhood home of William Shakespeare's mother and experience the sights and sounds and smells of a working Tudor farm - a world the young Shakespeare would have witnessed when he visited family.
Palmers farmhouse taken from the road.
The Blacksmith in the Rickyard.
Eagle Owl display in the Great Barn
Basket-making
Carrying out Tudor daily routines.
Learning about Tudor table manners at the family's midday meal, cooked over a open fire.....
Lining up in order of seniority to wash their hands....
saying grace.....
Pottage....
Snowflake dessert.
Ferret Hall
Mary Arden's House
The house itself if sparsely furnished.
Out and about in the Farm grounds.....
Exceeding all expectations .... a wonderful day out for all the family.....Ryan and Jamie would have loved it....
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