The Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone from all of us at Live History! May you enjoy a day with loved ones and great cheer!

19/12/2024

With the arrival of the new year, it's a nice time to reflect. What do you like about our Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster? What do you not like about them and subsequently how can we improve for when we return in February 2025?

08/12/2024

Our apologies to our customers for the frustrating grotto closure yesterday, we have tried to move your bookings as best we can to Stanley Palace. Father Christmas is there today between 1 and 6pm. Tickets are £10 per child for walkups and there is a cafe inside. Come join us!

03/12/2024

Only one space left for our Dickensian Grotto at the Grosvenor Museum this Saturday 7th December but many slots available this Sunday 8th at Stanley Palace. Book tickets now on our website

What would you like to do in Chester? Tudor and Stuart Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Chester Family Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Romans to Knights Self-guided, downloadable tour. View Tour School Workshops Key Stages 1 & 2 workshop sessions, set within a real Tudor b...

26/11/2024

Book your place for the Dickensian Grotto (Chester) at the Grosvenor Museum this Saturday 30th November (limited availability) or next Saturday 7th December (limited availability). If you'd prefer Stanley Palace, their Dickensian Grottos will be on Sunday 8th, 15th and 22nd December. Book tickets now at: https://livehistory.co.uk/.../the-original-father.../ Experience the past! Things ToDo Things to do With Kids All Things For Kids All things for kids Kids Days Out - UK

26/11/2024

The Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster will return on Friday 3rd January 2025!

21/11/2024

Only seven slots left for our Dickensian Grotto at the Grosvenor Museum on Saturday 7th December. Book tickets now at: https://livehistory.co.uk/event/the-original-father-christmas-dickensian-grotto-at-the-grosvenor-museum/ Experience the past!

20/11/2024

Slightly belated but just completed our Visit England training - now got a badge and a certificate!

20/11/2024

It's your last chance this year to see Johnny and Algernon Eccleston on Friday 30th November in Market Square, if you pre-book on for a Lancaster Family Tour or Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster through our website: www.livehistory.co.uk Experience the past! Lancashire Museums Lancaster University Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone Lancashire Post Lancaster Castle Lancaster Grand Friends of the Judges' Lodgings Lancashire Telegraph Lancashire Post Lancaster Guardian Georgian History Georgian ,Victorian, Edwardian Era: Fashion, History, Literature and Lore

16/11/2024

You can still book on to the Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster through our website www.livehistory.co.uk. Johnny Eccleston will then return in 2025!

What would you like to do in Chester? Tudor and Stuart Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Chester Family Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Romans to Knights Self-guided, downloadable tour. View Tour School Workshops Key Stages 1 & 2 workshop sessions, set within a real Tudor b...

16/11/2024

Algernon Eccleston made some friends! Good turn out for the Victorian flashmob in Chester last night! thank you everyone for coming along and spreading Christmas cheer! Remember that if you want to book tickets for the Dickensian Grotto at the Grosvenor Museum or Stanley Palace, you can do so through www.livehistory.co.uk

15/11/2024

Book on to the Lancaster Family Tour or the Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster next Friday at 10am and 12pm respectively. Two thousand years in just sixty minutes or ninety minutes of Jacobites, hangings and the bloody triangular trade? Book tickets now at www.livehistory.co.uk Experience the past with Live History!

What would you like to do in Chester? Tudor and Stuart Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Family Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Romans to Knights Self-guided, downloadable tour. View Tour School Workshops Key Stages 1 & 2 workshop sessions, set within a real Tudor building....

13/11/2024

It's all happening in Chester! Want to dress up as Victorian but have no reason to do so? Look no further! Join us this Friday in Chester at the High Cross at 6pm, where we will be handing out pamphlets for the Dickensian Grotto, being held at the nineteenth century Grosvenor Museum and the sixteenth century Stanley Palace this Christmas season! Around 7:30pm we will be making our way to the large tree opposite St Michael's Church to sing some old Christmas Carols together (lyric sheets will be provided) before heading over to Ye Olde King's Head around 8pm for drinks. We aim to make local news with our Victorian flashmob...why not be a part of it here: https://www.facebook.com/events/858304359618396 Dickensian Grotto details can be found on our website: www.livehistory.co.uk/future-events/ Experience the past with Live History's Victorian Flashmob this Friday 15th November!

12/11/2024

As we approach autumn's end and winter's beginning, it means the end of the 2024 season for public Georgian & Regency Tours however we are still taking private bookings throughout the winter and will return with weekly public tours in 2025.

This month's remaining tours are as follows:

Friday 15th Nov - LAUNCH of the Lancaster Family Tour with Algernon Eccleston from Market Square, 10am
- Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster with Johnny Eccleston from Market Square, 12pm
- Victorian Flashmob with Algernon Eccleston from Chester High Cross, 6pm-8pm

Friday 22nd Nov - Lancaster Family Tour with Algernon Eccleston from Market Square, 10am
- Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster with Johnny Eccleston from Market Square, 12pm

Friday 29th Nov - LAST DAY OF 2024 for the Lancaster Family Tour with Algernon Eccleston from Market Square, 10am
- LAST DAY OF 2024 for the Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster with Johnny Eccleston from Market Square, 12pm

For more details and to make tour bookings, please visit our website: www.livehistory.co.uk Lancashire Museums Lancaster University Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone Lancashire Post Lancaster Castle Regency History Georgian History Georgian ,Victorian, Edwardian Era: Fashion, History, Literature and Lore Dress Like a Georgian Day The Georgian Era and Regency (1714-1837) Regency Costuming Regency Fashion 1800-1828 Friends of the Judges' Lodgings Lancaster Grand Lancaster City Museum Lancaster Maritime Museum Lancaster Events (UK) Only In Lancaster Lancaster Past & Present NEWEST Morecambe, Lancaster, and Heysham - Past & Present Lancaster & Morecambe News

10/11/2024

This week's tours:

Friday 15th Nov - Lancaster Family Tour launch with Algernon Eccleston from Market Square, 10am
- Georgian & Regency Tour of Lancaster with Johnny Eccleston from Market Square, 12pm
- Victorian Flashmob with Algernon Eccleston from Chester High Cross, 6pm-9pm

Saturday 16th Nov - LAST Chester Family Tour OF 2024 with Robert Mason from Chester Visitor Information Centre, 10am
- LAST Tudor & Stuart Tour of Chester OF 2024 with Myles Mason from Chester Visitor Information Centre, 11:30am

For more details and to make tour bookings, please visit our website: www.livehistory.co.uk

07/11/2024

The Lancaster Family Tour will now launch next Friday 15th November in a bigger launch, to allow online sales as Algernon Eccleston will visiting Chester as part of a Victorian flashmob, meeting at 6pm outside Chester's High Cross. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Nevertheless, there is definitely a 12pm Georgian & Stuart Tour of Lancaster on tomorrow for walk ups, tickets can be purchased in cash from the guide.

07/11/2024

Algernon Eccleston will be in Market Square tomorrow at 10am for the brand new Lancaster Family Tour and his father, Johnny will be there at 12pm. Tickets can be purchased in cash on the day from the guide. To find details of the other tours, workshops and events that we do, please visit our website: www.livehistory.co.uk Lancashire Museums Lancaster University Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone Lancashire Post Lancaster Castle Lancaster Guardian Regency History Lancaster Events (UK) Only In Lancaster Lancaster Past & Present NEWEST Morecambe, Lancaster, and Heysham - Past & Present Lancaster & Morecambe News Visit Lancaster City Destination Lancaster Georgian ,Victorian, Edwardian Era: Fashion, History, Literature and Lore The Georgian Era and Regency (1714-1837) Georgian History Dress Like a Georgian Day