An event at Ripon Workhouse Museum about Victorian Mourning:
Only on for one week and I've been working every day this week, so today was my last chance to go!
IT'S LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR MY PROJECT. The perfect research event and it's right on my doorstop.
IN RELATION TO POE:
Although Poe fell upon hard times and didn't have much money to his name, he didn't ever stay in a workhouse but visiting the museum today has taught me a lot about the social structure of Poe's time.
When people were rich, they were very rich and the poor were very poor.
It's hard to imagine just how hard life was, and how common death was in Poe's time. He lost his parents and wife to illnesses like TB and Pneumonia.
HE WAS NOT FROM ENGLAND, BUT FROM AMERICA - SO THE CONTEXT WAS VERY DIFFERENT
DEATH IN THE WORKHOUSE:
A topic of historical importance, interest and tradition.
I'm really glad I managed to drag my little brother along because all of the activities were really child-centred and I would have looked really, really, really weird doing them all myself.
The museum was very quiet today so it felt like all the volunteers were pouncing on us (especially Finn), trying to get us to have a go.
Funeral Biscuits
Baking funeral biscuits following a traditional Yorkshire recipe.
Authentic, experiencing the era through our SENSES - eating and smelling the funeral!
DEADHOUSE/MORTUARY
Funeral Attire
Finn and I getting into character.
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