Courses and Workshops for 2025-6
Sally teaches at a wide range of heritage sites around the UK and occasionally abroad. As new dates are confirmed the details will appear here with links to individual booking sites:
ONLINE COURSE: Introduction to Prehistoric Textiles. Hosted by Plants&Colour, the first installment of this practical four part course will be available on January 14 2025 . UPDATE: Due to demand, we are running this again until November! There is still time to join this course.
ONLINE COURSE: 'Stinging Nettle: Fibre, Cordage and Crafts' is now available for sign ups!
22 March 2025 Berrycroft Hub (Wiltshire, UK) Prehistoric Textiles, Cordage, Needles and the Earliest Nalbinding
23 March 2025 Berrycroft Hub, (Wiltshire, UK) Introduction to Sprang
29/30 March 2025: Soapmaking sessions at Chepstow Castle. Join me for family friendly hands-on workshops where we will explore ingredients and make Tudor inspired washballs to take home, there will also be a slightly longer more adult version with an additional talk on the history of soap. Booking through Cadw
26 April 2025: The Stone Age Sewing Kit at Butser Ancient Farm
27 April 2025: Introduction to Sprang at Butser Ancient Farm
2 May: Traditional Soapmaking Course at the Weald & Downland Living Museum
3 May 2025: Introduction to Sprang at the Weald & Downland Living Museum
6/7 May: Introduction to Nalbinding Course at the Weald & Downland Living Museum
17 May 2025: Traditional Soapmaking at Avoncroft Museum, Worcestershire
18 May 2025: Introduction to Nalbinding at Avoncroft Museum, Worcestershire
7/8 June 2025: Heritage Textiles Weekend at the Ancient Technology Centre, (Dorset, UK). An amazing opportunity to take part of four different half day workshops, stay in a reconstructed Viking longhouse and enjoy a historically themed meal and evening talk.
4 July 2025: Traditional Soapmaking at the Weald & Downland Living Museum
7 July 2025: The Stone-Age Sewing Kit at the Weald & Downland Living Museum
23/24 August 2025: 18th Century and Regency Cosmetics at Berrycroft Hub (Wiltshire)
29 August 2025: Introduction to Prehistoric Textiles at The Oxfordshire Museum
4 October 2025: Traditional Soapmaking at Avoncroft museum, Worcestershire
5 October 2025: Introduction to Sprang at Avoncroft Museum, Worcestershire
EVENTS: Find Sally at these amazing sites over the next year
7/8 December 2024: Seasonal Scents. Drop in family friendly talk and activity at Chepstow Castle
14-16 March 2025: TORM reenactment market , Ryton-on-Dunsmore
4 May: Health & Hygiene in the 18th Century. Tindall’s Cottage, Weald & Downland Living Museum
10/11 May 2025: Medieval Food at Chepstow Castle. Drop in family sessions exploring Medieval tastes and ingredients. No booking necessary, this is a brief addition to a visit to the castle.
24/25/26 May: Saxon Textiles: Weald & Downland Living Museum
14 June 2025: Bryn Celli Ddu: Neolithic Summer Solstice event. Cadw. Anglesey
23-29 June 2025: Prehistory encampment at Chalke Valley History Festival
5-6 July: History of Soap and Hygiene, Toll House, Weald & Downland Living Museum
2-3 August: Victorian Stocking Machines: Festival of Archaeology, Cliffe Castle, Keighley
30 August: Life in the Ice Age, drop in family friendly display and activities at The Oxfordshire Museum
14-16 November 2025: TORM reenactment market, Ryton on Dunsmore
6/7 December 2025 Chepstow Castle
21 March 2026: Chepstow Castle
