Heritage on Your Doorstep

Outdoor Art Gallery

Children's Leaf Gallery

March of the Fifty

2018. Re-creating the march made by the first fifty civilian volunteers to land in France during WW1. Cheered on by 3,000 spectators.

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Discovering the marks left during the medieval period and what they might mean. Involved two churches and a castle!

Finding the Vaults

Another award winning event involving 80 members of the public in a quest to discover the lost entrance to the vaults of a medieval church.

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Working with local archaeologists to provide an introduction to finds and identification.

The Chapel

Creating a chapel within an industrial museum to show the lives of those who lived and worked on the site.

The Seamstress Shop and Cobblers

Designing and working with volunteers to create two living history shops inside a museum.

1950s Seamstress Shop

Sourcing and presenting authentic props to create the inside of the seamstress shop. Moira Furnace, Derbys.

The Cobblers Shop

Using a range of machinery on site and a photograph of the shop they came from, I re-created the inside of an old cobblers shop.

The Reformation

Showing the timeline and effects of the Reformation in 5 metres! From Catholic to Anglican and the destruction in between.

The Civil War

A Royalist Soldier stands guard in this display of the Civil War happenings right next door in Ashby Castle.

The Plague

Sights and smells of the plague as this display depicts a child in a local cottage.

Workshop with Children

Giving out copies of my book "The man who took is pigeon to war' as part of WW1 commemorations.

Stone unveilers and choir

The regimental flag is lowered by a Leicestershire Regiment member as we remember those who died in combat.