Museum Kids Club March 9 1pm to 2.30pm
Myths, Gods and Monsters
Think myths, gods and monsters are things of the past? Learn how they pop up everywhere from brand names to days of the week. We look at cosmic turtles, the Norse gods, and the Odyssey, with storytelling and poems from all over the world. You can take part in the popular World Cup of Mythological Monsters and choose the victor of several rounds of monster fights. It’s a fun way to learn about the origins and evolution of legendary dragons, yetis, gorgons, the sphinx, the minotaur and the bunyip, a creature originally from Australian Aboriginal mythology but now part of Australian culture.
£5 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UF Tel 020 8394 1734.
Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
The Worst Jobs at Sea
April 13 1pm to 2.30pm
Discover the worst jobs at sea, including the roles of the Scrubber, the Cook, the Powder Monkey and the Surgeon. Can you escape to become a Navigator? We look at the equipment they used, as well as the Boatswain and Carpenter. We have objects for each and willing volunteers can demonstrate each job. We go abroad the Nonsuch galleon. She was built by Queen Mary in 1555 as the Philip and Mary, renamed Nonpareil in 1584, and commanded by Sir Francis Drake in 1588. In June 1602 the English fleet with the Nonpareil defeated a Spanish galley fleet, taking a ship loaded with treasure valued at over a million ducats. In 1603 she was renamed Nonsuch, rebuilt as a great ship of 454 tons carrying 32 guns.
£5 per child. Contact: David Brooks,
Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF
Tel 020 8394 1734.
Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
The Iron Age the end of prehistory
May 11 1pm to 2.30pm
The Iron Age lasted from 800 BC to the Roman invasion. The use of iron changed the life of folk with other advances like the
potter’s wheel, the lathe for woodworking, and the rotary quern for grinding grain. The population grew substantially till it exceeded one million, due to the introduction of improved varieties of barley
and wheat, and increased farming of peas, beans, flax, and other crops. Farming
improved because the iron tipped ploughshare made it possible to plough heavy clay soils. Meet some Iron Age
folk and discover what it was like to live in a roundhouse.
£5 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey,
KT17 1UF Tel 020 8394 1734. Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
WALKS
Ewell History walks April 4 10am to 12pm and April 10 1pm to 3pm
Peel back time and discover Ewell’s hidden past and unseen history with a guided walk around the village. A settlement since pre-historic times, Ewell has a rich history concealed beneath the modern village.
Visit Bourne Hall’s sacred lake where Bronze, Iron Age and Roman folk made offerings to ancient gods. Tread in the footsteps of the Romans on Stane Street and hear about their sacred shafts. Discover the village’s Saxon cemetery and its lost church. Relive the terror of exploding gunpowder mills and hear the area’s connections with Saxon Kings, Queen Elizabeth I and William IV. Meet at the entrance to Bourne Hall
£5 per person. Limited to 20 persons Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UF Tel 020 8394 1734.
Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
TALKS
Wednesday 3 April 11.00 to 12.30
Epsom and Ewell history talk on WW2 find out what it was really like!
The Borough suffered heavily from bombing in World War 2 and from 1940 to 1944, 890 alerts were sounded, 384 people were injured by enemy action and 33 killed. There were more than 200 incidents with 12,234 houses slightly damaged, 413 devastated and 192 destroyed, while thousands of incendiary and anti-personnel bombs were dropped with 440 high explosives, 64 oil and 30 flying bombs falling on the Borough.
£5 per person Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UF Tel 020 8394 1734.
Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk
Thursday 11 April 2pm to 3.30pm
Roman Ewell History talk
The Romans are coming, building that newfangled thing called a road through the area, and changing a way of life forever. Discover what life was like in Roman Ewell, find out. Discover how people learnt to live with Roman power as a small native village became a busy roadside town. Learn how the building of a road brought a new world of ideas, food, pottery, trade, and strangers to the area and gave locals a chance to see the world. Learn something of their beliefs. Hear tales of the Roman underworld, sacred springs and sacrifices sealing deep sacred shafts full of gifts to the gods. Learn about what was uncovered during a recent dig, even more strange than earlier discoveries!
£5 per person Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UF Tel 020 8394 1734.
Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk