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    • Guidon 14th Light Dragoons
      Venue: Museum County: Lancashire 14th/20th King's Hussars Museum Preston
    • Article: Trail 1945-2005 Sixty Years On From World War Two
      Sixty years ago, bells rang around the world celebrating the end of WW2. Read more about UK commemorations and the museums whose collections mark the conflict.
      21 March 2005
    • Venue: Historic house or home, Museum County: Merseyside 20 Forthlin Road Liverpool
    • Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: Lancashire 5 Ways to Wellbeing
      This exhibition was made for you to find out more about the 5 Ways to Wellbeing which are five easy steps we can all take towards leading a healthy life. The artworks were made by users of West Villa, a resource centre...
      Central Art Gallery | Ashton-Under-Lyne | 24 August — 3 November 2013
    • a painting of a young woman floating face upwards in a pond whilst holding a stream of flowers
      Article: Trail A Brotherhood Of Realism And Romance: A Pre-Raphaelite Art Trail
      Desperate Romantics? Victorian avant-garde? Judge for yourself as we tell you where to find Pre-Raphaelite works of art in the UK's museums, galleries and stately homes.
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 27 August 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 30 July 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 20 August 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 29 October 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 30 July 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 13 August 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 30 July 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 6 August 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 28 May 2013
    • Event: Workshop or activity session County: Cumbria A handful of oats (Cloned)
      Join us in celebration of how the oat proved to be a staple ingredient in the Georgian Cumbrian diet. Head for the kitchen to try your hand at ‘the daily grind’ of the oats which would in turn be used in the...
      Wordsworth House and Garden (National Trust) | Cockermouth | 23 July 2013
    • Article: Trail A Lancashire Invasion: City's Trip to London for the 1904 Cup Final
      The 1904 Cup Final: most of the Pubs and Working Men's Clubs in the Ardwick area and in the city, organised excursions to the capital.
      21 June 2004
    • a photo of Englesea Brook Chapel at Night
      Event: Lecture, Late opening, Workshop or activity session County: Cheshire A Night with the Stars astronomy evening
      For Museums at Night 2013, Dr Peter Branson is coming to Englesea Brook Chapel & Museum to give an illustrated talk on astronomy. This will be followed by refreshments, before we go out with telescopes to see the stars...
      Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum | Crewe | 18 May 2013
    • Event: Lecture County: Greater Manchester A sustainable future for Manchester
      28 May: Food (with Pam Warhurst, Incredible Edible)
      Manchester Museum | 28 May 2013
    • Event: Lecture County: Greater Manchester A sustainable future for Manchester
      21 May: Biodiversity
      Manchester Museum | 21 May 2013
    • Event: Lecture County: Greater Manchester A sustainable future for Manchester
      A series of ‘in conversations’ with experts on the theme of sustainability in Manchester. 30 Apr: Transport. 7 May: Clothing (with Sara Han, stiched up collective). 14 May: Housing (with Richard Frankland,...
      Manchester Museum | 21 May 2013
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