HISTORY enthusiasts can take a trip down memory lane to winters long ago at Avoncroft Museum's 'Bleak Midwinter' weekend.

The living history event will be taking place on Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29 between 10.30am and 4pm, when costumed re-enactors will be demonstrating how people lived during the harsh winters of Tudor and Victorian times and the 1940s.

Visitors will be given a glimpse of the past, as actors illustrate traditional cooking, preserving and craft techniques.

There will be Tudor cookery and leatherwork in the Town House, as well as Victorian culinary skills and "rag-rugging" in the Toll House.

Traditional sweet-making and hand crafts will be taking place in the Prefab, before a tour of the museum's windmill.

Younger guests will be given the chance to create their own environmentally-friendly bird feeders using natural materials.

Museum experts will be giving talks over the course of the weekend in the Guesten Hall to provide some historical context and answer any questions.

Hot refreshments will be available, including mulled cider and a barbecue, and the Edwardian Tearoom will be open as usual.

Admission costs £5.50 for adults, £4.40 for seniors and £3 for children under five years old. All include a voluntary gift aid donation. Under fives can visit for free.

For more information, visit avoncroft.org.uk or call 01527 831363.