Chester Heritage Festival leaflet 2019

10 Chester Heritage Festival
SATURDAY 22 JUNE CONT.
Riverside Museum
Open 10:00am to 4:00pm.
View curiosities from
medicine, nursing, midwifery
and social work; a First World
War exhibition: Returning
Home; and a new display on
the influenza epidemic of
1918–1919 and its effects on
Cheshire. The museum is at
University of Chester Riverside
Campus, (opposite the River
Dee), in Castle Drive.
Lens on Landscape
10:00am and 11:00am
For the curious, time-travel
Town Hall Square to glimpse
Chester’s multi-layered
cityscape. Join Julie Smalley
for a half-hour of familyfriendly
fun in landscape
history detection. Meet at
the VIC for this free event.
Book in advance: see Note A.
Medieval Times -
Minstrels’ Court
10:00am to 4:00pm at
St John’s Church, Vicar’s Lane,
re-enactors and musicians
show how medieval people
lived and worked. In a
tradition dating back to 1204,
the minstrels will parade
through the streets of Chester
returning to St John’s around
1:00pm to receive their
Licence to play in Chester.
Lego: building the city
10:00am, 11:00am and noon
at Storyhouse (and close
to the planned Northgate
Development) join Cheshire
Society of Architects to build
what you think the city
needs. Three, free, one-hour
sessions; book in advance
at www.storyhouse.com.
Heritage Crafts
10:00am to noon at Upton
and Great Boughton Libraries
children of four years and over
can explore Chester’s heritage
through craft activities.
Discover My Roots
10:00am to noon Drop-in,
see Friday 21 June.