An Archives Christmas!
Saturday 7th December 2019, 2pm-4pm.
Free event. No booking required
Join us for a festive gander at the origins of our Christmas traditions. How did local Gloucestershire folk celebrate the Midwinter feast? Find out about cards, carols, turkeys by post and the earliest written mention of Christmas in the county!
What present did Lord Blathwayte not give to Robert Crew in 1926? Why did the Codrington Family need 28 plum puddings? What was so memorable about Christmas 1675? Answers to all these and some Christmassy craft too!
archives@gloucestershire.gov.uk 01452 425295
The Heritage Hub, Clarence Row, Alvin St, Gloucester, GL1 3DW