Supper Lecture And Day School

If you would like to try something a little different - we are offering a Supper Lecture and a Banqueting Day School this autumn.


An evening with the Cullums - the cost of the lecture includes a light supper and a glass of wine.

The collected recipes of Lady Mary Cullum                        Cost £7.50
Dr Pat Murrell
Known for keeping a fine table in her Northgate Street home in Bury St Edmunds, Lady Mary Cullum's unpublished manuscript collection of recipes forms part of the Cullum Archive in Bury Record Office.  With a keen interest in the Cullums and Georgian cookery, Pat Murrell's lecture offers a feast of delights - garnished with a few 'edible' documents and a glass of wine.
Tuesday 14 October 2008                        7.00pm                   Bury  

 

A Banqueting Day at Bury Record Office

Saturday 25 October 2008 - from 10.00am                  Cost £15.00

Programme for the day:

10.15am    Welcome, including tea or coffee

10.30am    Lecture by Suffolk Archaeologist Edward Martin: "Display and Pleasure: banqueting houses and their garden settings"
Banqueting houses were pavilions or 'houses of pleasure' for relaxed dining, entertainment or quiet withdrawal in or about the gardens of the Tudor and Stuart gentry.  This talk will explore their origins, use and garden contexts.

12.00pm    Lunch

1.30pm      Dr Pat Murrell will give the second lecture of the day: "Elizabethan Banqueting"
A culinary exploration by Pat Murrell of the sugary confectionary, comfits, wet and dry sweetmeats of a grand meal's final or 'banqueting course' served in Tudor and early Stuart banqueting houses. Samples available for the sweet-toothed!

3.30pm    Finale: A chance to see some of the documents and maps that inspired and informed the lecturers.

Bookings should be made on the booking form and sent to Bury Record Office