Christmas on the Ration

Learn how people celebrated Christmas under the restraints of rationing and make your own Christmas wrapping paper with scrap materials and potato prints. Listen to well-loved Christmas songs and taste some wartime Christmas treats.

There’s something for all ages to enjoy with bonus drop in activities as follows;

Saturday 2 December – Christmas Storytelling

Drop in at 1pm or 3pm to sit down and hear how local families celebrated Christmas during the Second World War.

Saturday 9 December – Decorate a Gingerbread Biscuit

Learn how to bake festive and flavourful gingerbread with a wartime recipe of limited ingredients. Decorate a Gingerbread biscuit to take home!

Saturday 16 December – Christmas sing-a-long with Karen Diamond

Drop in at 1pm or 3pm to join music therapist Karen Diamond as she plays live piano and leads a sing-a-long of much loved Christmas songs from the 1940s.

Saturday events run from 12pm-4pm with activities suitable for all ages.

Drop-in, no booking required.