Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Sussex
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Uploaded by purdeyblackcat on Sep 28, 2007
A recent visit to the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum in Singleton, West Sussex., with my granddad (who can been seen in some of the pics!). The museum rescues old buildings from bygone eras and reconstructs them onsite, giving a flavour of what life was like for our ancestors. Most of the buildings are from Sussex, but some are from the surrounding counties of Hampshire, Kent and Surrey. My favourite was Poplar Cottage, a 17thc. labourer's cottage from Washington, Sussex. Rebuilt against the backdrop of the South Downs it looks very much at home in the landscape, complete with its beautiful garden of herbs, annuals, vegetables and fruit trees. All of the domestic dwellings have their own re-constructed gardens growing the relevant crops for their eras (there was wold growing in the Tudor garden). The buildings are various too, from the domestic: medieval labourer's cottages to the Tudor farmstead to Victorian railway workers cottages, to the industrial buildings like the water mill, granary, carpenter's and brickmaker's sheds and the shepherd's caravan and sheepfold. A fascinating place to visit set in some beautiful countryside. A very enjoyable experience.
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Wonderful... I must visit,,,!! I'm from Kent, so this is so familiar... thank you..!
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beautiful
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watching this i thought id died and gone to heaven!!thanks to those who made it! im slowly unpicking a medieval cottage in n.herefordshire
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went there for the 2nd time today with some friends, really great day out!
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i love the weald and downland! i like the beeswax candles kits you can buy and the flour they make there!
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when we were little and saw the toll keeper and his wife wax works we used to get scared. by the way, last time i saw them the 'wife' didnt have any legs! i guess they thought no one would notice since they were under the blanket
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A well made video, great music, and fantastic museum. Well done.
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i really like the music,where did you get it from? i know the first part is greensleves but i'm not sure what the second tune in the medley is called.
Weald & Downland Open Air is the BEST MUSEUM EVER!
brownhairedgirl22 4 years ago
The music is just Greensleeves, it is not a medly. I guess the beginning and end of Greensleeves is just more easily recognised than the middle bit!
purdeyblackcat 4 years ago