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Sausages for Sailors

  • Posted on: 20/03/2020

The chances are you are needing something to lift your spirits, so why not turn the clock back 60 years and join Muriel Wylie on her visit to Lady Pentland-Firth’s. This week features an edition of the magazine Woman and Home.   …

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Current Situation

  • Posted on: 19/03/2020

Closing the door for the moment on live interpretation given the current situation. However, over the years – our 20th birthday later this year! – we have collected many interesting stories and images which we will share with you over  …

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Evacuees’ Workshop, March 2020

  • Posted on: 11/03/2020

The ever popular Evacuee workshop returned to the National Museum of Rural Life today. Once again Miss Moffat transports primary school children back to September 4th 1939, the day after war is declared – a Monday, and a new school …

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Muriel’s Musings: Turning The Tables

  • Posted on: 06/03/2020

This week Muriel outlines the new trends for interiors that she has seen at Earls Court .  Expecting the Not So Quiet American “There you are Mrs Wylie, some o’ that American ‘cawffee’, the black widow, I mean your cousin …

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