insideKENT Magazine Issue 56 - November 2016 | Page 37

EVENTS

Simple Simon in the New Adventures of Little Bo Peep
// 26 Nov

Christmas On The Home Front // 26-27 Nov
Ever wondered what it was like celebrating the festive season during wartime?
Then step back into the 1940s at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park and experience
the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas on the Home Front. Find out
how to ‘make do and mend’, learning how civilians coped with rationing by
preserving and re-styling clothes from the era. Plus discover how to rustle
up some genuine 1940’s recipes issued by the Ministry of Food – including
a sponge cake made with liquid paraffin instead of fat – at a wartime cookery
demonstration. Other activities include drill displays by the Home Guard,
a 1940’s school lesson, shops from the era and a rehabilitation centre for
injured RAF pilots. You might even spot a German POW or two being put
to work mending bicycles…
From 10am. Price: £6.95 (children aged 3-15 £5.50)
Kent Life, Lock Lane, Sandling ME14 3AU
www.kentlife.org.uk / 01622 763936

It’s half term and time for another fun-filled adventure with Simple Simon!
This time, he and Tommy the Cat help poor Little Bo Peep, who, in addition
to losing her sheep, is struggling to avoid nasty Erlking the Elf who seems
intent on causing as much trouble as possible! This thrilling panto-style
story, combined with song, comedy and lots of joining in, is an interactive
live theatre treat for families with small children.
2.30pm. Price: £7.50
Margate Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate CT9 1HX
www.margatewintergardens.co.uk / 01843 292795

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