27th-28th January: Residents First in York

It's Residents First Weekend in York on January 27th-28th 2007. This is where residents, on showing their York Card, can gain entry to a bevy of local tourist venues and monuments. Barley Hall will be taking part with its Handy History activities for families - make a crown or a princess hat, 10am-4pm. On 27th January, there will also be a Candelit Evening in the Hall with room guides and a medieval bar, 6-8pm.

At the time of posting this entry, there are no further details of other venues that will be taking part, but hopefully this website will be updated in the next couple of weeks, and a leaflet should also be available locally from the library.

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Welcome to the Historical Adventures blog

Here is where I'll detail the events I get involved in. They can range from a medieval fayre at Barley Hall, an event with Late Roman re-enactment group Comitatus, toattending a lecure at the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society (YAYAS). The history scene in York is pretty varied. We've got the university and its archaeology, history and medieval departments, the Council for British Archaeology, Jorvik, DIG, archaeological units, historic monuments by the ton. So there's always something historical going on. I'll try to cover some of them, but will doubtless fail. So if you have an event you want included, leave a comment and perhaps a web link, and I'll make my way there.