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November Nostalgia: A 1930s Christmas

Join us in the Servants Quarters as we get ready for the festive season. Step into the 1930s as we stir up nostalgia and Christmas merriment. Sights, sounds, and smells will immerse you in the past.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

For two weeks at the end of November, Ickworth’s servants’ quarters’ will once again be transformed with a traditional festive 1930s experience. Visitors will step into a warm, nostalgic world to get them in the mood for December’s festivities. Picture a Christmas tree, stockings hanging on every fireplace, ribbons streaming across windows and overhead, plenty of fresh greenery from Ickworth Estate, and plenty of traditional decorations. There will be sensory elements, with Christmassy smells and audio recordings of Ickworth’s actual servants from the 30s and 40s discussing the festivities playing aloud. Activities for families will include paperchain making, with the paper chains being used throughout December in the main Christmas displays on the ground and first floors. On both weekends, the costume interpretation team will be bringing the basement to life, cooking and interacting with visitors.

To visit November Nostalgia, please enter through the shop in the West Wing.

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Event ticket prices

This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.

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The basics

Accessibility

Visitors can use the West Wing lift to take them to the basement, whereafter ramps allow for full basement accessibility.

Meeting point

Visitors will enter via the West Wing Shop house entrance.

Suitability for children

Child-friendly, families encouraged.

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