Somerset Rural Life Museum

The Year One children went to the Rural Life Museum, as part of their History topic. The girls were asked to wear pretty aprons and mop caps and the boys were happy to put on rough hesian aprons. They listened to the farmers wife talking about her life, on her farm where they grew their own food and kept cows for milk, butter, cheese and meat. They also had chickens for eggs, and meat. The children handled some very old irons and tried to put them in age order. One Child tried her hand at washing clothes using a dolly. In the kitchen the children were asked to help make pancakes. They stirred the pancake mixture and watched the cook carefully putting the mix onto the griddle stove on top of the range. Some of the children ate the lovely pancakes they had made.