Create Your Own Gingerbread Design Nowadays, gingerbread is often made in the shape of beautiful houses or gingerbread men. However, these moulds from Ryedale Folk Museum give us a glimpse of this luxurious treat during Georgian times. They are from Sonley’s bakery in...
Create your own travel-art poster Travel posters helped to promote holiday destinations which could be reached by train. They were regularly displayed at railway stations to tempt travellers. We talked to contemporary travel-art poster artist Richard...
Create Your Own Victorian-style ice cream Frozen desserts were made since at least Roman times, by adding sugar and fruit to ice or snow. However, it took much longer for people to work out how to freeze cream. Whilst water freezes at zero degrees centigrade, cream...
George Soper’s artwork depicting working horsesPannett Art Gallery, Whitby Today, George Soper is probably best remembered for his illustrations for magazines and books, including classics like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Water Babies and Lamb’s Tales...
Portrait of Leo Walmsley by Ethel Walker Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby This interesting portrait of the author Leo Walmsley gives us a glimpse into the lives of a group of artists living in Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Yorkshire coast during the 1920s and 30s....
