Elizabethan Fun at Hardwick Hall

I've told you a little about Hardwick Hall before, so I won't repeat myself, but I did think you might like to see some pictures from a recent Elizabethan weekend there.

With extra special thanks to my husband for taking most of these pictures!

Stalls included the barber-surgeon, who had a pet leech and talked at length about some of the more grusome aspects of Elizabethan life:

Minstrels, playing some rather droning music:

A lady making braids for belts:

A bow-maker, busy fletching (is that a verb?):

Someone cooking over an open fire:

And even a tavern:

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