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Event: Actors in Residence - Summer 2023

National Slate Museum
Finished
30 July–31 August 2023
Cost Free
Suitability All
Booking No need to book - just call in!

Wil the 'Fitter'

Leusa's Day in the 1901 Quarryman's House

Hannah's day in the Chief Engineer's House

Come and join our 3 actors in residence as they bring the museum to life this Summer!

 

WIL FFITAR  (Location: Fitting Shop)   12pm - 4pm                                                                                                 

Travel back in time with our newest character in residence, Wil, a former fitter who will be reminiscing about his work at these Engineering workshops before they closed in 1969 and became a Museum in 1972!

  • Monday 28 August 

 

LEUSA  (Location:  1901 house – Quarrymen’s Houses)  12pm - 4pm                                                   

Join Leusa  - a Quarryman's wife - in No 2 Fron Haul, as she she struggles to put food on the table in the middle of the Great Strike in Penrhyn Quarry! 

 

  • Saturday 19 August 
  • Sunday 27 August 

 

HANNAH   (Location: Chief Engineer's House)  12pm - 4pm                                                           

Discover more about the Chief Engineer's House and the items in it and what Hannah has to do everyday to keep the house in good order! 

  • Sunday 13 August 
  • Sunday  20 August
  • Saturday 26  August 

 

 

 

 

All sessions are drop-in - no need to book!

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