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HEURISTICSMay 2010

Mediaeval life

ALL THIS AND GAMES TO PLAY AS WELL

CASTLE BUILDING In 1265, Prince Edward (later Edward I) layed siege to the occupants of Kenilworth Castle.

Come and hear the story, Build the castle, Use siege weapons to destroy it.

FUN WITH MEDICINE The Lady Catherine de Hesterburg (otherwise known as ‘the wise woman’) has many cures to demonstrate to you. Unfortunately her man-servant Tomas never seems to get it right and will have to pay the consequences.

A HISTORY OF TIME From a ‘shadow stick’ of 3,500BC to the invention of the mechanical clock, we had 12 hours of daylight every day. This means that an hour would vary in length.

Come and see the invention of the first mechanical clock as Tomas builds one before your very eyes.

Kenilworth Castle www.heuristics.org.uk

model castle built by the children

model mangonel to lay siege to castle Fun with medicine !!

First mechanical clock - circa 1280 AD

Heuristics, PO Box 5514, Matlock, DE4 5ZP | 07860 966251 | www.heuristics.org.uk

Just a small sample of many games

available this weekend

Games to play all day

Shovelboard - one of the great favourites

Table games of all descriptionsSkittles

Hoca (the forerunner of roulette)

Marbles Bridge - suitable for all ages Bandy - like hockey but without rules Ferses - the modern games is draughts

Quoits Bowling

Suitable for all ages.

Let the child within come out to play for

a while.