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Another great presentation by Sue and Tom Hughes, not to be missed! More to come on the last Saturday of each month throughout the summer. Watch this space, and our Facebook page for details.

A busy year coming up at the cottage! Apart from our regular events and open days, on the last Saturday of each month from April to September from 10am to 3.00pm, our members Sue and Tom Hughes will be demonstrating traditional crafts. The first one, on Saturday, 27th April, will be traditional butter making. Also More …

The cottage has had a much needed makeover, and as a thank you to all who have helped and supported us this year along with anyone who’d like to visit, we invite you to our Christmas event. We will have mulled wine, mince pies and alcohol free fruit punch (secret ancient recipe!), music, ad hoc More …

Dark Tales at Halloween in the Cruck Cottage Tuesday 31 October, 7-8.30pm Gather in the wonderfully atmospheric Cruck Cottage on Halloween night for some dark tales. By the light of the peat fire, we’ll share folk tales for the season. There will be stories of ghosts, boggarts, graveyards, and encounters with the devil, and more. More …

Once again, the Cruck Cottage will be open for Doors Open Days on Saturday and Sunday, 2nd and 3rd September from 11.00am to 4,00pm, both days. As well as our usual local crafts demos, this year we have Tom and Sue Hughes with their display of rural life and social history objects, plus a mystery More …

The Folklore of Protecting the Home Thursday 24 August, 7-8.30pm ‘The Folklore of Protecting the Home’ is an evening gathering in the Cruck Cottage to explore how people in the past tried to keep their homes safe from the supernatural. Traditional houses like the Cruck Cottage often show signs of how their inhabitants tried to More …

Advance notice of a new event at the Cruck, we are really looking forward to this. Something different for the kids this summer.

A Very Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year. to all our friends, from us all at the Cruck Cottage. Thankyou for all your support over the past year, and we hope to welcome many of you back to the cottage over the coming year.

Come and visit us at the Cruck Cottage. We will be open from 11 till 4 both Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th. There will be live music, craft displays, Tales of Old Torthorwald by our own Willie Clow at 12md, 1pm and 2pm, both days, and a pictorial story of the cottage on display. More …