a Winter’s Posset

Tis’ the season for hot mulled wine and spiced gingerbread lattes – warming festive drinks to bring festive cheer… but if you are partial to an ‘eggnog’ or a ‘snowball’ then you might just like the sound of this one. Posset was a popular winter hot drink which was traditionally made with boiled milk curdled …

Christmas 1946 at the Butterley Company

Sadly, Christmas won’t be the same for many of us this year. Whether that will mean not meeting family and friends or having no Christmas parties to attend. It will certainly look very different for many. It’s more important to remember the fun times we’ve had in the past, hoping that they will return again …

Looking forward to Christmas

We have been counting down to Christmas on our Twitter page, searching our collections for some festive Christmas items. We've already come across some great Christmas cards: There's also been this letter from Florence Nightingale (D2546/ZZ/16), describing the children's ward at St Thomas Hospital in 1877: “The whole ward was dressed up at Christmas: & …