Wordsworth's Lake District: Wordsworth House - William's childhood home

Wordsworth's Lake District: Wordsworth House - William's childhood home: "Step back in time, to begin to imagine life during the childhood of poet William Wordsworth. Experience a living, working Georgian Townhouse with working 18th Century kitchen. · Meet some of the Wordsworth household and find out what life was like for the maid, the man servant and the clerk; · Enjoy the sights and sounds of a working 18th Century kitchen and learn about how they cooked their home grown produce · Explore the newly restored garden where William and Dorothy loved to play; · Join in the hands-on activities or just watch from a distance and stroll around in your own time; · Hear about the gossip and goings-on of a Cumbria market town of the 1770s. Wordsworth House was the birthplace of Wordsworth. He was born on the 7th April 1770 and lived in Cockermouth with his sister Dorothy until the death of his mother in 1778. Wordsworth House has undergone a major project to recreate William's Childhood Home. The result is a realistic, Georgian household, in which visitors can experience the sights, sounds and smells of how life was lived in William and Dorothy's day, and what inspired their creativity here, giving a real flavour of life in 18th Century Cockermouth - warts and all. There will be a number of characters in costume at the House every day: a selection from the maid, the nurse, the man servant and the clerk. Replica toys, furniture and furnishings have been created for you to enjoy."