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May Games Fun Day

Sat 27th May 2023 - 10:30 - 15:00

Special Events

May Games Fun Day

Canterbury & Tonbridge hoodeners perform a hoodening play. The Bedford Handbell Ensemble play traditional tunes.  Trudgepig’s Beast Herding will run a herd of hooden horses and other animal disguises through the streets!  Geoff Doel, folklorist and historian (Folklore of Kent, Percy Maylam’s Hooden Horse) will talk about British horse guising customs.  Kits Coty Morris with Iggy the iguanodon.

IN THE MUSEUM

10.30 & 1.30 Canterbury and Tonbridge Hoodeners

11.30 & 2.00 The Bedford Handbell Ensemble

12.00 Curators tour of Animal Guising with James Frost

12.30 Dr Geoff Doel talk ‘A Horse for Every Season’

 

AT FREMLIN WALK

11.00 & 1.00 Morris Dancers

2.30 Trudgepig Beast Herding

 

10:30 - 15:30
May Games Fun Day

IN THE MUSEUM

10.30 & 1.30 Canterbury and Tonbridge Hoodeners

11.30 & 2.00 The Bedford Handbell Ensemble

12.00 Curators tour of Animal Guising with James Frost

12.30 Dr Geoff Doel talk ‘A Horse for Every Season’

AT FREMLIN WALK

11.00 & 1.00 Morris Dancers

2.30 Trudgepig Beast Herding