Tuesday 14 September 10.00 am until 1.00 pm

Come along and join John King as he shows you how to be a carpenter. Using just a saw, hammer & nails and a chisel you will be able show off your carpentry skills to family and friends when you take home your own stool or garden trug.

 Suitable for beginners.

 £25.00 per person.

Wednesday 15 September 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Dipping into Victorian books and records enables a deeper look at the world behind the popular image of lavender, violets, moth balls and chamomile tea. We will be looking at Victorian problems and celebrations and making herbal recipes for rich and poor. Country cures and cookery add a homely hedgerow touch beside Dr. Coffin’s flourishing botanic medicine, available for the poor in industrial towns in the north. We will be making drinks to soothe and refresh and stock the winter store cupboard ready for colds. There will also be tasty confections and mixed herbal teas. Delights to hang on the Christmas tree and typical Victorian small gifts are accompanied by a spicy herbal foretaste of Christmas cookery. Some recipes made can be taken home.

 £45.00 per person(a minimum of 4 people).

Memory Rugs from the beginning
Tutor: David Linsey

Light and Candle Making
Tutor: David Linsey

Thursday 16 September 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm

This short workshop will look at the history of lighting our homes with a chance to make a variety of molded and rolled candles.

 £45.00 per person.

Victorian Blacksmith
Tutor: Brian Hill

Learn about the working Victorian forge and make your own hand-forged object to take home.

Cost: £40 per person.

Up to 2 delegates per day.

An introduction to the traditional uses of lime in vernacular buildings, including a short lecture, a demonstration of lime slaking and practical sessions on mixing lime mortars, use of mortar in brick laying and re-pointing, hairing mortar to make plaster, plastering and rendering of walls and the application of lime wash.

The programme is very flexible and may be delivered in a different order to suit participants needs but all aspects listed will be covered during the day.

The Museum is grateful to the Chilterns Conservation Board for a grant from the Sustainable Development Fund to purchase tools and equipment to enable these courses to become established at the Museum. We are also very grateful Lime Technology for their donation of lime for use on this course. 

An introduction to the traditional uses of brick in vernacular buildings, including a lecture on uses of brick bonds and repair techniques and practical sessions on brick laying, bonding arrangements, brick replacement and re-pointing techniques. There will be opportunities to carry out work on some of the Museum's historic buildings within the practical sessions.

The Museum is grateful to the Chilterns Conservation Board for a grant from the Sustainable Development Fund to purchase tools and equipment to enable these courses to become established at the Museum. We are also grateful to H. G. Matthews for their donation of clay and bricks for use on the course.

An introduction to the traditional uses of flint in vernacular buildings, as well as demonstrations and practical sessions on mixing and using mortar with flint work, flint laying, flint knapping and re-pointing work on flint walls.

The Museum is grateful to the Chilterns Conservation Board for a grant from the Sustainable Development Fund to purchase tools and equipment to enable these courses to become established at the Museum. Our thanks also go to Lime Technology for their donation of the lime mortar and to Jewsons, Amersham for their donation of chalk flint for use on this course.

Please note that the course details may be subject to change.

Historic Restoration

This course will examine the conservation and maintenance of historic buildings constructed of timber, brick and cast iron. There will also be practical sessions learning construction and repair techniques.

Course dates and prices are to be announced.
Please feel free to complete the online booking form with a preferred date.

All tools and equipment are provided and no previous experience is necessary.

Places are limited, so book now!

• All workshop participants must be over the age of 16 years old.
• You are welcome to bring your own lunch or light refreshments will be available to purchase at the Museum's Wood End Cafe (except during December).
• Tea and coffee will be provided during the day.
• All tools and equipment are provided, unless otherwise stated, and no previous experience is necessary.
• Please ensure that you wear sensible clothing and footwear suitable to the season and the workshop booked**.
• ** There are specific clothing and footwear requirements for the Victorian Blacksmith workshop.

INFORMATION

• All Courses cost £ 95 per person per day
• Lunch & light refreshments included
• Max Numbers: 15 on each course
• Tools and equipment will be provided
• All course details may be subject to change

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Museum is very grateful to the following organisations for their donations and provision of materials for use on these courses :

Chilterns Conservation Board - Sustainable Development Fund grant to support the establishment of traditional building skills courses at the Museum.

• Dunton Brothers - bricks and clay
• H.G. Matthews - bricks and clay
• Jewson, Amersham - chalk flint
• Lime Technology Ltd - lime products