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Grand Victorian Buffet & Wine Tasting

21st September 2012

The Judge's Lodging is hosting a sumptuous Victorian buffet, with live music and wonderful wines. The feasting will be preceeded by a professional wine tasting, with introduction to what to look for and analysis of everyone's findings - it promises to be not only informative, but highly entertaining too. Food will include yummy Victorian puddings. There will be live traditional music from Canol. Tickets are £20 and are available from The Judge's Lodging.

This event is part of a full weekend of opera and art, in conjunction with the Mastersingers opera company and The Sidney Nolan Trust. For full details of all the events in this festival and to download a booking form, just click here or get in touch with us.

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Strange But True

Victorian ladies' knickers had no middle
Once they got all those big dresses on, they couldn't reach their knickers to pull them down, so they could stand over a potty to wee with these on instead.

Historical Handy Hints

Musty clothes
When clothes have acquired an unpleasant odour by
To revive cut flowers after packing
Plunge the stems into boiling water, and by
Creaking hinges
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges

Recipes

Cold Boiled Cod Curry
A large fish comes in fine flakes is
Punch a la Romaine
Make a good lemon ice, as for dessert,
Lime Marmalade Cream Ice
Mix a teacupful of marmalade with 1 pint