'How We Lived Then' Museum of Shops

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20 Cornfield Terraces

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN21 4NS

 

About

The museum has well over 100,000 exhibits laid out on four floors of old shops, room settings and many various displays, which have been collected over the last fifty years by the owners Jan and Graham Upton.

In the Grocer's Shop you will see Mr Barton selling his biscuits from glass-topped tins and every inch of shelving packed with nostalgic items from the past such as Oxo, Rinso, Blue bags and many more.

You can almost taste the Five Boys chocolate, the liquorice, aniseed-balls and all your favourites here in the Sweet shop. There are also cigarettes and tobacco of every kind.

See the scullery maid cleaning the stove with black-lead in the Edwardian Kitchen. Also, the housekeeper who is preparing a tray to take to the folk "upstairs".

Remember dried egg powder and other rationing items? They're all here, in the Wartime Kitchen/Living room and under the stairs air-raid shelter.

The Museum has a completely separate Gift Shop, which you are very welcome to just browse around at any time. Here you will find traditional souvenirs and presents, also a good selection of traditional cards and advertising postcards.

Opening information

Open EVERY day from 10.00 in the morning.
Closing times do vary, please telephone to check.

Admission

£ up to £5

This attraction ('How We Lived Then' Museum of Shops) was last updated by the attraction owner on 2010-08-04 08:13:10 UTC