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There's nothing like a nice private shower!

Having a shower in Victorian times meant a line of maids passing water up a ladder to the final one who poured it over your head whilst you stood in your metal frame or tent contraption - you can see one at Erdigg, an historic house near Wrexham, North Wales.

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This week, our building will be alive and

Forthcoming Events

01/04/18 to 22/12/18
Stapleton Castle Tours
04/05/18 to 18/08/18
Circumstantial Evidence
16/06/18 to 17/06/18
Dads Go Free!
20/07/18
Sherlock Holmes

Strange But True

Would you wee in your dining room?
Victorian gentlemen did! Some dining rooms (like ours) had a special cupboard to house a chamber pot so all the gentlemen could go for a wee without leaving the table (once the ladies had left the room, of course!).

Historical Handy Hints

The right sort of bath
The tepid bath seems the best adapted to
To revive cut flowers after packing
Plunge the stems into boiling water, and by
Keeping your kettle clean
To prevent teakettles coating with lime - put

Recipes

Apple Cheesecakes
1/2 lb of apple pulp, 1/4 lb of
Brockely in Sallad
Brockely is a pretty dish, by way of
George Pudding
Boil as for rice pudding four ounces of