You can look at archaeological reports, and read books and illustrations, but there's nothing quite like walking in and smelling the right smells and experiencing the atmosphere of a building.
You can read things in text books, you can be told by a teacher, but to actually get in there and have a go really brings it alive.
People can go up to Hadrian's Wall and stand right at the edges of the Roman empire, experiencing what it was like being a Roman soldier stationed up there.
The holy grail is to get people in the place where history happened and to make them feel that they're part of it.
In bringing history to life, the key for me and for my team is to find meaning in the objects.
It's to find a relevance in them that people can in some way connect to.
Trying to allow people to find their own story lines from what they're looking at.
Mary-Anne, make sure you chop them nice and small.
- Yes, Mrs Crocombe.
I want to make sure that my rhubarb jam is better than Mrs Warwick's!
