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Events 2017
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21st January - Winckley Square Gardens -  Preston
14th to 17th April  -Edwardian Event, Tanfield Railway, County Durham

27th& 28th 29th May - Crewe Steampunk Festival 
24th&25th June - Epping and Ongar Preserved Railway 

1st&2nd July -Milton Keynes Museum 
​21st&22nd July - The Strumpshaw Tree Fair - Norwich 
29th&30th July -  Heckington Agricultural Show - Lincolnshire.
12th August - Aston hall -Birmingham 
​21st August - 
New Walk Museum, Leicester 
15th September - Colmworth History Society AGM -Bedfordshire 
 23rd & 24th October - Beamish Open Air Museum  
31st october -  Beamish Open Air Museum
December  7th , 8th 14th , 15th  16th and  17th - Beamish Open Air Museum 

Events 2016 

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3rd &4th December-Forge Mill Museum & Bordesley Abbey Worcestershire.

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25th &26th November -  Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham , Victorian Xmas Market.
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​​23rd October - Middleport Pottery, Stoke on Trent.

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27th, 28th & 29th August Epping Ongar Preserved Railway (near London)

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13th & 14th August -  Museum of East Anglian Life

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  23rd July - Aston Hall - Birmingham

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16th &17th July - St Neots Museum, Cambridgeshire 

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11th & 12th June - Milton Keynes Museum. 

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4th & 5th June - Morecambe -  "A Splendid Day Out"

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28 th , 29th & 30th May - Crewe Steampunk Convivial 

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21st &22nd May - Tyntesfield National Trust - North Somerset 

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13th May - Museum at Night - Lowewood Museum, Hoddesdon North London 

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2nd May - Sudeley Castle , Gloucestershire 

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Belinda Durrant Artist in Residence Sudeley Castle)


Events 2015 
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19th December - Christmas market - Oldham 

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12th & 13th December - Christmas market - Linden Hall , Northumberland 

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14th&15th November -Victorian Christmas -Bosworth Hall Hotel

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28th, 29th,30th &31st October - English Heritage - Whitby Abbey  at Night -  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/illuminated-abbey-28-10-15/     

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30th September 2015 - Wakefield Museum - Art Walk Festival .

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 12th & 13th September - Victorian Heritage  Event - St Mary & St Margaret Church, Castle Bromwich 

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29th August 2015 Private Wedding  -Carlton Towers  Yorkshire

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26th July - D.H Lawrence Heritage Centre -  Nottinghamshire 

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25th July  - Bewdley Museum - Worcestershire



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11th & 12th July - Milton Keynes Museum 

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6th June - Beamish Open Air Museum - Special Evening Event 

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30th&31st May - Morecambe - The Platform - "A Splendid Day Out"

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24th May 2015- Revolution House  - Chesterfield   

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4th May 2015- Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire - Victorian fair 

Events 2014
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Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st December - Christmas celebrations at Blickling Hall , Norfolk.  

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Saturday 6th December  - Rotherham Town Centre - Victorian Christmas Market 

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Saturday 29th November - Beaumaris Castle (Cadw), Anglesey, Wales - Victorian Christmas festival  

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Saturday / Sunday November 22nd /23rd November  - Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham , Victorian Xmas Market.

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Wednesday 29th October 2014 D.H Lawrence Heritage Centre -  Nottinghamshire -  Halloween Childrens Special.     

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Saturday 13th September - Private Event

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Saturday 16th August - Private Garden Party Event.

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Saturday and Sunday 7th&8th June -Lancashire Museums, Queen Street Mill, Burnley. 

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Saturday /Sunday / Monday 24th ,25th 26th May  - Blickling Hall, Norfolk,  National Trust England / Black Knight Historical . 

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Saturday 26th April - Gawthorpe Hall , Lancashire .

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  14th to the 23rd February 2014 .  
Blackpool Winter Gardens
, Showzam Central. 10 Day festival of Circus , Magic and New Variety 

Alongside our specially commissioned Professor Okko and the Palace of Curiosities Museum. 




Events 2013

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Saturday 14th December-Blackburn Market, Lancashire . Dickens Christmas Event.  

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Saturday 30th November - Sunday 1st December 
Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham , Victorian Xmas Market

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Wednesday  16th October - The Fossil Room -
The Manchester Museum.  (Tickets sold out )
mlf.clusterup.com/events/the-palace-of-curiosities

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Birmingham Literature Festival 
Saturday 5th October - Ikon Gallery , Birmingham.
birminghamliteraturefestival.org/event/rosie-garland

 Weird Weekend

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21st - 22nd September 
Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum, Eastbourne .
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Wedding fair

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Sunday 25th August
Burnside garden Centre  - Near Blackpool 

Crafty Vintage Fair

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Saturday 20th /Sunday 21st July Oswaldtwistle Mills,  Lancashire .

        Hebden Bridge Arts Festival 

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Saturday 29th June    
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Child Action Northwest, Pound day Event

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Sunday 16th June 
Oswaldtwistle Mills, Lancashire


Writing on the Wall Festival.

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Sunday 19th May 
Liverpool St Georges Hall


2012

Hidi Bang Tidy does Bradford, Charity Event. 

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 Friday 14th December  FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY  
In the CAPITAL OF NAUGHTINESS and YORKSHIRE'S answer to Sodom and Gomorrah - Bradford playhouse 
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The Wakefield Museum and Evening Christmas Market

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The New Wakefield Museum - Saturday 24th November - Evening Show  - Wakefield, Town Centre . 24th November 2012
 wakefieldmuseumsandlibraries.blogspot.co.uk


Victorian day

9th September 
Dean Road and Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough. 
 "Thanks again for your fantastic show...it's being talked about all over Scarborough! It really added to our event, and made it even more memorable" 
www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk 
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Victorian Steam Weekend    

26th August 2012: , 
Claymills Pumping Station, Burton upon Trent 
"Their Mermaid sideshow and enactments really added to the Claymills Victorian atmosphere - a Big Thankyou" 
www.claymills.org.uk
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Following the success of the Marcus Island exhibit - the Mermaid Defense Fellowship develops and starts to harass the Show.

Victorian Weekend

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4th-5th August 2012, Erddig House

National Trust North Wales, 
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig
Comments from the National Trust Visitor experience manager 
"We have had some great feedback off visitors who loved your show, a wonderful addition to the Victorian Weekend at Erddig."

Monkey Paw -  The Dark Dark Cabaret Night    

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28th July 2012. 
Brudenell Club. Leeds.     
www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/Event
A late night of Dark Theatre and Drama. 

English Heritage Festival of History  

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14th - 15th July 2012 
Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. 
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events

following  Flash Floods the prestigious English Heritage Festival of History  at Kelmash Hall, Northamptonshire was cancelled on the Saturday Morning having taken all day Friday to set up. The Palace was saved but had to be all carried through 3 rivers that had burst their banks to higher ground for safety! 

 Haworth ( Yorkshire) Storytelling Festival

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3rd June 2012
 www.ferndeanmanor.co.uk/haworth-storytelling-festival 

Planned initially  to be an  outside event, however due to the  torrential rain / wind all outside attractions were cancelled. However, The Palace of Curiosities showed its adaptability to quickly relocate inside the  Manor House  to continue the show.  

From the organiser " Just wanted to say a massive thankyou for bringing your palace to the Storytelling festival. What an inspired show, we're still talking about mermaids ! Really appreciated the support and work you put in"


Steampunk Exhibition            

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December 2011 - May 2012 

Bradford Industrial Museum
Bradford City Council's Museums for 6 months exhibition  
www.bradfordmuseums.org/whatson/event  



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