Situations Vacant - Victorian Role Play 

Preston Manor

How did the Victorians live?

What jobs did their servants do in the house?

Apply for a job at Preston Manor as a servant and find out!

Come dressed as Victorians and take on servants’ duties, both upstairs and downstairs. Our Living History household staff will judge if you are suitable for the job.

“It’s a fantastic learning experience for them, which is impossible to replicate in the classroom!”

“I would like to say a massive thank you for the amazing experience on Friday I truly felt like a real Victorian child looking for a job and I learnt a lot.”

Children spend the whole session in role as Victorians and use real Victorian artefacts in the historic setting of Preston Manor.

Situations Vacant – Victorian role play
KS2 Apply for a job as a servant at Preston Manor and come in role, to be shown the tasks of servants by the housekeeper and maids of the manor.
Duration 2 hours

You can view a video of Preston Manor Situations Vacant role play at Teachers Media.

Victorian Manor House Activities
KS1 Experience Victorian life both upstairs and downstairs and come dressed as a Victorian yourself.
Duration 1.5 hours

Make a day of it!

Combine your visit to Preston Manor with one of our other Victorian Learning sessions.

Meet the Booths at the Booth Museum of Natural History
Meet Mr or Mrs Booth who will tell you all about their museum and how the Victorians set about sorting, classifying and understanding the world.

Victorian Bygones at Hove Museum & Art Gallery
Be a history detective and find out what life was like for Victorian children and adults.

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