Events & Courses 2020

Where ''BBB'' is mentioned below, read our partner's name ''Big Beynon's Blacksmithing''.

FEBRUARY

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*Course*

14th February  -  Tudor cooking workshop  - Berrycroft Hub (near Swindon) Berrycroft, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LX

 PLACES AVAILABLE!   Book on:  

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*Private event*

21st – 23rd February  -  12th c. Christmas themed catering  -  Anarchy Larp at St Briavels, Herefordshire

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MARCH

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7th March  -  Iron Age life, paints & pigments (+ Iron Age blacksmithing & hunting by BBB) -  with The Novium Museum at North Bersted community centre, Bognor Regis PO21 5FF

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13th-15th March  -  ARM (Artisans & Reenactors Market) alongside BBB’s historic cutler stall  -  Stoneleigh Park (Hall 1), Coventry, Warwickshire. CV8 2LZ

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21st-22nd March -  Iron Age food & cooking, incl. fowl butchery (+Iron Age blacksmithing by BBB)  -  West of England Game Fair, The Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QN

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28th-29th March  -  Iron Age life & Prehistoric cooking  -  Ancient Technology Centre, Damerham Rd, Cranborne, BH21 5RP

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APRIL

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18th-19th April   -  Iron Age cooking & game butchery (+ Iron Age hunting by BBB) -  Great Shires Game Fair. The Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6NW

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25th April  (5:30 – 9pm) -  Iron Age food & cooking (+ Iron Age blacksmithing by BBB)   -  Beltane Festival at Greystones Farm, Greystones Ln, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham GL54 2BA

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MAY

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(TBC) 2nd May, 4:30-10pm  -  Iron Age life & crafts  -  Beltaine Festival, Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Ln, Waterlooville PO8 0BG

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*Private course*

10th May  -  Tudor cooking workshop  -  Berrycroft Hub (near Swindon) Berrycroft, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LX

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*Courses*

23rd-25th May  -  Iron Age food // paints & pigments workshops  -  The Bushcraft Show, Chillington Hall, Codsall Wood, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1RE 

PLACES SOON AVAILABLE!  Book on: https://thebushcraftshow.co.uk/whats-on/ancient-craft/

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JUNE

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13th-14th June  -  Iron Age/Roman living history (+ blacksmithing, hunting or crafts by BBB)  -  -  Ancient Technology Centre, Damerham Rd, Cranborne, BH21 5RP

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20th-21st June  -  Iron Age living history (+ hunting & crafts by BBB)  -  Wimpole Hall (National Trust), Arrington SG8 0BW

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22nd – 28th June  -  Iron Age living history in recreated settlement with BBB: blacksmithing, cooking, food preservation, clothing & hygiene, hunting & bone/antler work, etc! 

-  Chalke Valley History Festival, Broadchalke, Nr. Salisbury, Wilts. SP5 5DP

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JULY

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4th-5th July  -  Iron Age living history & crafts (with BBB)  -  Living History Festival, Offa’s Dyke Centre, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1EN

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25th-26th July  - Saxon & Viking food and cooking  -  Dark Ages Weekend, Ancient Technology Centre, Damerham Rd, Cranborne, BH21 5RP

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AUGUST

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*Course* 

15th August -  Iron Age cookery course  -  Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Ln, Waterlooville PO8 0BG

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*Iron Age sleepover*

16th August, 6:30pm  -  Iron Age food catering for ‘’One night in the Iron Age’’ event - Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Ln, Waterlooville PO8 0BG

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*Course* 

22nd August  -  Iron Age cooking course  -  Ancient Technology Centre, Damerham Rd, Cranborne, BH21 5RP

Book by contacting us on , 07513 730963 or Facebook. 

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\\Cancelled// 31st August  -  Jacobean spices & feasting (+ 17th c. Master Carver display by BBB)  -  Hall’s Croft, Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG, Warwickshire

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SEPTEMBER

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*Course*

5th September  -  Iron Age cooking course  -  Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Ln, Waterlooville PO8 0BG

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*Iron Age sleepover*

6th September, 6:30pm  -  Iron Age food catering for ‘’One night in the Iron Age’’ event - Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Ln, Waterlooville PO8 0BG

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*Course* 

12th September  -  Iron Age cooking course  - 

Berrycroft Hub (near Swindon) Berrycroft, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LX /  

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*Course* 

13th September  -  Historic bronze & silver wire jewellery workshop (1pm-4pm)

Berrycroft Hub (near Swindon) Berrycroft, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LX /  

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*Blacksmithing workshops* 

19th - 20th September -  at Loxwood Joust: Medieval blacksmithing workshops (1hour) by Big Beynon’s Blacksmithing’s   -  Loxwood Joust, The Loxwood Meadow, West Sussex, RH14 0AL

Check regularly for updates and book on: https://loxwoodjoust.co.uk/ 

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OCTOBER

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*Course* 

10th October  -  Ancient paints & mineral pigment making workshop

Berrycroft Hub (near Swindon) Berrycroft, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LX /  

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*Course* 

11th October  -  Tudor marchepane (= ancestor of marzipan) workshop - (1pm- 4pm)

Berrycroft Hub (near Swindon) Berrycroft, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LX /  

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30th-31st  October  -  16th-17th c. ‘’All Hallows Eve’’ displays (with BBB)  -  ‘’Fright Nights’’ at Aston Hall, Trinity Rd, Birmingham B6 6JD