Gawthorpe Hall

The place we went to was called Gawthorpe Hall and was built before the English civil war, it was dedicated to King George but at the time of war the occupants fought for parliament. There were three activities to do, how to load a musket, re-enact a battle that took place and also how to make a sweet purse.

 Loading the musket was a lot more difficult then I expected because you had to put in your ammo and ram it home, light the fuse and only then could you fire.

Here we were re-enacting a battle between the Roundheads and the cavaliers.