VISITORS to Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove this weekend and next can step back to Christmases of years gone by.
The ever-popular annual Christmas Through Time runs from 10am to 3pm on both tomorrow and Sunday, December 6 and 7 and again next Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14.
At this weekend’s event will be a Christmas stocking trail where children pick up a handmade festive stocking and visit each of the historic homes as part of the Through Time Trail.
They will be tasked with finding the elves hidden around the site.
Each house will be decorated in the relevant traditional style of the different eras, including, Tudor, medieval, wartime Yuletides and others.
And there will be tasty seasonal hot food and drink available from the cosy tea rooms, the chance to ride the model railway and youngsters can write and decorate their letters to Father Christmas before handing them to the man in the big red suit during a timed visit.
There will be photographic opportunities with Father Christmas and the chance to see his trusty vintage Morris Minor GPO van.
And there will be gifts for children aged between two and 12.
Next weekend, December 13 and 14, the same activities will be available, along with others.
Medieval re-enactors will be setting up a medieval Christmas in and around the Town House.
The group will be making Christmas decorations, cooking festive fare and holding religious celebrations, including Christmas prayers in the Mission Church.
Other tasks will include preparing gifts, painting and decorative textile work, gaming and singing.
On December 13, Bromsgrove Recorder Consort will perform a selection of recorder music from throughout the ages.
On Sunday, December 14, it will be the turn of the Redditch Recorder Group which will be joined by Alcester Male Voice Choir.
A group spokesperson said: “We are delighted to be playing yet again at this wonderful event and will be performing a wide range of Christmas music spanning several centuries.”
Visit: avoncroft.org.uk/whats-on or call 01527 831363 for more information and to buy tickets.
