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What life was like for the Victorians
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| Farm experience . . . Helen Peacocke milks a cow at Cogges |
What better way to show our support for Cogges Manor Farm Museum than paying it a visit when it reopens this weekend.
Those who know and love this beautiful farmstead, with its original Cotswold buildings, don't need to be told just how lovely it looks in the spring, or what a great family day out can be had exploring the house and grounds, and discovering just what life was like for the Victorians of rural Oxfordshire.
Because season ticket prices have been reduced to encourage more visitors to use it more often, with family season tickets - that were originally £80, now just £45 - a trip to Cogges can become a regular occurrence throughout the summer months.
Naturally, Cogges will be staging an Easter Extravaganza, with special bread making sessions for the children on Easter Monday and Easter egg trails during the weekend. Many of the new-born lambs will not arrive until April 5, when the new children's farm is up and running, as Easter has come early this year.
However, visitors will get a chance to meet Damson the Cob horse this weekend, who is in foal, and see the new-born piglets that arrived a couple of weeks ago, and lambs born earlier in the month.
Visitors to the house will be delighted to discover that the first floor has been given a fresh look, and that there's local produce from Foxbury Farm on sale in the gift shop, along with a Cogges recipe book and specially-designed recipe cards, featuring dishes on sale in the milking parlour.
On the weekend of April 19 and 20, there will be a special Bloomers and Blooms event, which offers members of the public a chance to handle the clothes worn by the Victorians, and see how they were laundered.
For further information, go to cogges.org
3:54pm Tuesday 18th March 2008
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