With half term fast approaching, with the week’s tail wrapping around Halloween, Oliver Cromwell’s House is coming back to life like never before! With a range of Colourful Characters and Creepy Tales, it’s sure to delight!
Starting on Monday 25th there will be a whole range of activities taking place. Following the recent trend of ‘Working from Home’ we have been informed that the former ‘Master of the House’ is coming back to his former office…. Oliver Cromwell is back and bewildered by modern technology! He’ll be in our oak panelled Tithe Office at the following times, 11am – Midday, 2pm – 3pm and 4pm – 5pm – why not visit, tour his former home, and then bring any of your questions and ask them directly to the man himself! This activity is included in the usual admission price, as is the Barber Surgeon who will be joining us on Tuesday 26th – all day! – with his range of cures, preventatives and frankly worrying interventions for common, uncommon, and unheard-of conditions and illnesses! Have you ever wondered where to pop a leech? Or perhaps the 17th Century cure for toothache? Well now you can find out…. In gruesome detail!
On the note of gruesome and unpleasant afflictions, Oliver Cromwell’s House wishes to apologise in advance for the sudden reappearance of Professor A. Bismal – the Guru of Gore, the Magus of the Macabre, the Professionally Putrefied who has returned for the first time in over three years to lead a tour of Oliver Cromwell’s House – The Horrid House tour will guide you through work, life, disease and death in the 17th Century with nothing hidden, all the wobbly and weird bits of history left in! Tickets are priced at £5 per person and can be booked online or via the Tourist Information Centre at Oliver Cromwell’s House.
But that isn’t all because Oliver Cromwell’s House is opening the “Black Door” on the evening of the 28th October for a Children’s Halloween event! There is nothing as scary as Children bored during the School Holidays…. So why not let them experience something spooky! With wonderful amusements in every room of our Spooky House and sweet treats for all after every activity! Spooky tales and terrific activities and a gift bag at the end for every young person attending? It’s almost terrifying how much you get! We’ve not forgotten the adults either, who will also receive a few treats and maybe a trick or two! Children’s Tickets – £5 and Adults £8 – Timed slots available from 5pm until 7pm.
Anna Bennett, Tourism, Town Centre and Events Manager at Visit Ely says of this offering – “We’ve really worked hard to create something really rather unusual for this half term. It’s been a long couple of years, and we wanted to do something light-hearted, entertaining, and enjoyable for our younger visitors. That doesn’t mean parents, grandparents or guardians will be left out! This is truly a week of events for Children and Children at Heart!”
Bookings for all events that require prebooking can be made at – www.olivercromwellshouse.co.uk or by calling 01353 662062 during opening hours (Monday – Sunday 10am until 5pm)
Press release from Visit Ely
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