I hear, I forget.
I see (and hear), I remember.
I (see, hear and) do, I understand. 

"I just want to say thank you for sending the order for our Tudor Day and to let you know what a fabulous time the children and I had."
Pauline Harrison
Eyton Primary School


TO MAKE

Pomander Beads were made by the Apothecary for people to carry with them, particularly in towns.
In Medieval and Tudor times people believed it was the "bad smells" that made them ill (and there were plenty of bad smells about!) so they carried "good smells" to protect them.
Pomander Beads were made from a mixture of sweet smelling herbs and spices, and made into a hard ball with a gum.

If you can follow a recipe and cook a meal then this 'recipe' is easy to follow (see my guestbook and the 9yr old who made them for her class presentation!).


Schools' Pomander Bead Kit .................. £16.50  incl p&p
( For smaller class sizes or groups e.g. Home educators, please phone or email for cost of tailormade kit)
                                                                 
                      
As used in a School for gifted children in Texas USA!                 
                                                                 

For use in the classroom, for 30 pupils
Complete with instructions, 
for KS2 a history ofMedieval/Tudor Medicine,
 for KS1 it comes with plant folklore.

(step by step photo guide to making pomander beads is available on page "Pomander Beads" and a full lesson on Tudor medicines and it's practioners, including the pomander beads is on page "P Bead Full Lesson")

"We had a great day! The instructions were very helpful. Thanks again."
Christine Sinnett
Horndean Junior School


"Fleece to Fabric" Kit.............................£20.00 incl p&p
(For smaller class size or group e.g. home educators, please phone or email for cost of tailormade kit)

                                                                                  
Samples of linen ranging from the finest worn by the wealth to a rough linen worn by the peasants.
Samples of wool, again ranging from that worn by the richest to the poor, not just the quality but in colour for each class.
Clean, raw wool for the whole class to 'finger-spin'.
Sample of silk fabric, raw silk thread, and silk cocoons, one with worm rattling inside!
Natural dyes to try e.g. madder root (reds) and goldenrod (olive/green)
8 pages of teachers notes included
&
pictures and photos.
(Can be used in 'Textile' lessons)

Buy the Apothecary Kit and Fleece to Fabric Kit together and save £1.50
Cost for both......£35.00 incl p&p

" We had our Tudor Day and it was really great. My kids loved it, even the nearly 12 year old got really into it."
Jenny Ballam
Home Educator, Tudor Group of 6
(Tailor made kit for size of group)

         
TO ORDER 

Phone: - Sally on 023 92713515

email: - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Cheques made payable to: -
 S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth  
PO2 8HR
For schools, invoice can sent with order
14 days to pay.

"Our day went brilliantly although it's totally exhausting being a Tudor for the day!
The children loved it! They made an excellent effort with their costumes and we enjoyed making the Pomander Beads, painting stained glass windows, eating Pease Pottage at our Tudor Banquet, and having our Tudor Ball.
The parents came in for the last half hour and we did a little show for them which they enjoyed.
The Tudor Apothecary worked so well as you were so kind in supporting us.
Thanks again,
Annebelle Spicer
Sompting Village Primary School

6 Tudor History Lessons
+
Practical Lessons

A disk with 6 classroom lessons, practical lessons for schools with a range of facilities, and follow-ups including crossover lessons in English and Geography.

1. How we know about history
2. Children - rich and poor, their work, play and schooling
3. Food - rich & poor, production and imports, recipes and menus
4. Clothing - rich & poor, textiles and production
5. Medicine - practioners, illnesses and cures
6. Women's Work - rich and poor,including brewing, dairying, music, overseeing the estate when the men were at war.

All lessons have visuals of photos, pictures and diagrams.

Cost: - £15 includes p&p Recorded Delivery

To Order: - 
Phone Sally - 023 92713515
email - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com
write - S.Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Road
Portsmouth
PO2 8HR

Schools can be invoiced. 

Authentic Tudor Feast CD!

Authentic recipes, how to 'dress' your table and Tudor table manners (NOT Hollywood Henry throwing bones!).

We all love to entertain our friends with a meal, with this CD you will have everything you need to give the Tudor Feast.

It is a healthy, tasty, and reasonably priced way to eat - no recipes for swan etc!.

Recipes for pottage (soup), tarts, fish, meat, vegetables (yes, they did eat them despite what some historians say!) 'fillers', remember no potatoes, desserts,  sweetmeats and drinks.
Plus
Interesting tit-bits to impress your friends with during the course of the meal about the food you are serving.

These recipes and the way they are served have been used for dinner parties, served at museums, and at functions for up to 100 such as seen on page "St Mary's Feast".

A section on recipes and food for schools with photos and pictures.

 Also growing your own Medieval/Tudor herb border.

Many of the recipes are suitable for everyday use. 

Cost: - £8 including p&p

For schools buying a Pomander Bead Kit or fleece to Fabric Kit
£6

Please send a cheque made payable to
S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Road
Portsmouth
PO2 8HR

For Schools

A half or full day or lesson

Primary

Tudor Apothecary
Tudor Fleece to Fabric
Food and its Production

A Complete Tudor Day!

I can take one class through a day doing: -
Apothecary
Fleece to Fabric
Food and its Production
'What is It?'
(A collection of replica artifacts for handling and discussion in small groups)

Every pupil will be involved, every pupil will have 'made' and 'handled' by the end of the day.

OR

WE (the staff and I) can do the same for up to 4 classes!
I will send all you need in advance for 'Food' and 'Fleece'
unless
you are within a 20mile drive of Portsmouth
then
I will do a pre-visit one afternoon.

I will travel up to 100miles from Portsmouth!

Max cost for 4 classes, 4 subjects, full day - £175
plus possible travel costs
Includes: -
all materials for Apothecary and Fleece to Fabric
in fact everything except cooking ingredients!!!


TO BOOK 

Phone: - Sally on 023 92713515

email: - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Cheques made payable to: -
 S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth  
PO2 8HR
For schools, invoice can sent with order
14 days to pay.


A Medieval/Tudor History Day
For Schools - Do it Yourself!
All you need for a "hands-on" day of rural life in Medieval and Tudor times.

Set up sessions of: -
 Apothecary - Pomander Bead making kit, plus "recipes" for other easy to make "medicines"
 
Fleece to Fabric -  clothes, examples of different quality wool and linen for each class in society, wool to finger-spinning, silk fabric, raw silk and cocoons,  examples of natural dyes (urine being used as a "fixative" but you don't have to use it!)

Food: - recipes for sweetmeats to make table decorations.
Recipes for a complete meal with a course being made per session. Let everyone sit down and try it at the end of the day!

Instructions, pictures, photos and information with each of the above.

Split the school day into 4. Have 4 groups of pupils doing each activity in turn. In "Food" split again between sweetmeats and a course of the meal. In the 4th lesson of the day have everyone sit to a meal, on tables laid Tudor-style, and listen to Tudor Table Manners - Not Hollywood Henry! 
Or
do a fourth activity e.g. candle dipping, illuminated lettering, or building model houses of the day.


Cost for a class of 30 ....... £50.00 incl p&p
with all info on computer disk £41.00 incl p&p

                                                       
                TO ORDER 

Phone: - Sally on 023 92713515

email: - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Cheques made payable to: -
 S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth  
PO2 8HR
For schools, invoice can sent with order
14 days to pay.

           


Secondary

Medieval Realms - Rural Life
covering medicine, clothes and food
with 'hands-on' elements

Early Medicine
from Medieval herbwife to the Plague
with 'hands-on' element,
make the pomander beads
and
A Perfume for the Sick Chamber



TO BOOK

phone: - Sally 023 92713515

Do you have a small patch that could be turned into a
Tudor Physic Garden?

Enjoy planting sweet-scented herbs and watch them grow.

Learn their magical, medicinal qualities.

See the wildlife a Physic Garden attracts.

For advise, plans and plants contact me by phone, email, or let the snails bring me word!

If you are in a 50 mile radius of Portsmouth then I will give hands-on help and home-grown plants for sale.

the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Tel: - Sally on 023 92713515

Sally Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth
PO2 8HR