ANNA

KINGSFORD1846 – 1888

Campaigner for

women’s rights.

EDWARD

ARMITAGE1817 – 1896

Famous Victorian

painter.

ELIZABETH

GARRETT ANDERSON1836 – 1917

First Englishwoman

to qualify as a doctor.

JAMES

STARLEY1830 – 1871

Father of the

bicycle industry.

OSCAR

WILDE1854 – 1900

Famous poet and

playwright.

WALTER

ROBERT BOOTH1869 – 1938

Magician and

film maker

EARL

CHARLES GREY1764 – 1845

Prime Minister from

1830 to 1834.

WILLIAM

WINTLE1861 – 1934

English journalist

and writer

THOMAS

EDISON1847 – 1931

Inventor of the

practical lightbulb.

PRINCESS

LOUISE1848 – 1939

Daughter of

Victoria and Albert.

MARY

SEACOLE1805 – 1881

Nurse during the

Crimean War.

ELIZABETH FRY1780 – 1845

Famous

campaigner for

better prisons.

ISABELLA

BEETON1836 – 1865

Journalist, editor

and writer.

QUEEN

VICTORIA1819 – 1901

Queen of the

United Kingdom.

SIR JOSEPH

SWAN1828 – 1914

Physicist, chemist,

and inventor.

JOHN

STUART MILL1806 – 1873

Philosopher and

political economist.

ALEXANDER

GRAHAM BELL1847 – 1922

Patented the first

practical telephone.

LEWIS CARROLL1832 – 1898

Author of Alice’s

Adventures in

Wonderland.

M y s t e r y t r a i l

“THERE HAS BEEN A THEFT

AT THE VILLAGE BAKERY!”Below are 18 famous Victorians, and any

one of them could be the ‘Pudding Snammer’

(Victorian slang for a bakery thief)

As you explore the village, follow the

clues inside to eliminate suspects and

identify the guilty ‘Pudding Snammer’!

YOU SOLVED

THE MYSTERY

The guilty ‘Pudding Snammer’

is the one remaining suspect

that you have left.

27 Enter the APOTHECARY.

Once you have had a look

inside, exit into the alley.

The NURSEY above the

BAKER can be seen through

the first window, followed by

the DENTIST.

Victorians

would use

substances such

as salt and soot

to clean their

teeth, and oil of

Clove as a cure

for Toothache.

28 Opposite the DENTIST

is the PRINTER. An

innocent suspect shares

their surname with the

brand of ink used for

printing. Cross this

person off your list!

29 Follow the path to the

HOTEL COACH HOUSE. The

suspect who shares their

surname with the street

that you’re on is innocent

of the crime. Cross this

person off your list!

Copper buckets

filled with warm

water would be

put on the floors

of coaches to

keep passengers

warm during

long journeys.

30 Enter the HOTEL RECEPTION

and follow the path into the KITCHEN.

There are 6 objects hanging from

the left hand wall. The name of

these objects is also the surname of

an innocent suspect.

Cross this person off your list!

About this trail

The triangular

Cobbler’s tool known as

a ‘last’ was unearthed

in a garden . After being

uncovered it was

thrown on a bonfire

before being retrieved

from the flames for

Flambards Village.

26 Upon exiting LUGGS

HARDWARE SHOP, look into the

window of the COBBLER. The

plaque on the wall above the

window contains the name of

an innocent suspect. Cross

this name off your list!

This store used to be an

actual shop in Helston. When

the owner of LUGGS was

forced to sell, The

shopfront and contents

were bought by the creator

of Flambards Village because

she used to buy her sweets

there as a little girl.

25 Walk up

the ramp and

enter LUGG’S

HARDWARE

SHOP.

24 Descend from the ATTIC and turn left

to discover the MILLINER SHOP. Look

into the window of the JEWELLER on the

right, then pass the MOBILITY CAR to the

BOOKSHOP. The author of Household

Management is an innocent suspect.

Cross this person off your list!

23 Have a look into the SWEET SHOP

and the window of the CHINA SHOP

before heading upstairs to the

MILLINER’S ATTIC. Find a chocolate

advertisement on the wall. The chocolate

maker to the Queen shares the

surname of an innocent suspect.

Cross this person off your list!

22 Leave the BAKERY

and walk up the steps to

the SCHOOL. The name

of the SCHOOL contains

the first name of an

innocent suspect.

Cross this person off

the list!

Female teachers

would be paid 58

pounds a year,

whereas male

teachers would

get 94 pounds!

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Begin yourtrail at the village

entrance

1 As you enter the

village, look into the

windows of the

HABERDASHERY on

your right and PAWN

BROKERS on your

left before visiting

the ADVOCATE.

All the props and

packaging you see in the

Victorian Village are

authentic turn of the

century artefacts

collected from around

the UK.

2 Peer through the

window to see Mr Burns,

the Advocate. The

Captain on the brown

box shares the same

surname as an innocent

suspect. Cross this

person off your list!

3 Climb the stairs into

Mr Burns’ House – a

typical middleclass

Victorian home. Look into

the DAY NURSERY then

continue along the path

to the BATHROOM.

An advocate is

someone who

practices law.

The boxes seen

on the shelves

contain wills.

Dirty water from

Queen Victoria’s

toilet leaked into

her husband, Albert’s

drinking water. This

lead to him catching

the disease which

killed him!

4 Look into the

LIVING ROOM,

BEDROOM, NIGHT

NURSERY, and

MAID’S ROOM,

before descending

the staircase.

Maids would

work from 6am

to 10.30pm with

only Sunday

afternoons off.

They would get

paid 6 pounds a

year!

5 At the bottom of the

stairs turn right into the

PIPE YARD. Pass by the

collection of clay pipes to

PLAISTER’S DAIRY

SHOP. At the rear of the

shop is the DAIRY itself.

6 The sack on the

floor of the Dairy

has an innocent

suspect’s surname

printed on it.

Cross this person

off your list!

The circular

granite fountain

would have been fed

by a nearby spring,

providing a cool

place to rest

butter, milk, and

cheese.

7 Cross the

PIPE YARD

to the

WASH

HOUSE at

the opposite

corner.

8 Once you

have looked

into the WASH

HOUSE, visit

‘Granny’ in the

COTTAGE

KITCHEN.

on the floor of

the Cottage

Kitchen is A

rag-rug.

These were made

from recycled

clothes

9 To the left of the COTTAGE

KITCHEN is CLEMENCE’S

IRONMONGER. The maker of

Dome Black Lead shares a

name with an innocent

suspect. Cross this person

off your list!

The wooden objects

hanging from the

ceiling on the left

are carpet beaters.

They would be used

to bang dust out of

carpets when hung

on the line – the

original hoover!

10 Walk to the BOOT &

SHOE SHOP. A brush on

the window sill contains

the name of a famous

doctor who is innocent

of the crime. Cross this

person off your list!

11 Walk through the

alleyway to the right of

the shop for the chance

to see it from a different

angle. Next, cross the

road, past the lamppost,

to the BLACKSMITHS.

12 Turn around and look

for a street sign. Remove

the ‘R’ from the name of

the street to reveal the

surname of another

innocent suspect. Cross

this person off your

list!

13 Still facing the

street sign, cross the

road to the

FURRIER. Once you

have looked inside,

move to your right to

discover the

UNIFORM SHOP.

In 1899 the Second

Boer War began in

South Africa, Queen

Victoria sent tins

of chocolate to

her ‘brave soldiers’

The uniforms were

red in order to hide

the blood stains!

14 Make your way to the

TOBACCONIST.

The ‘Sir’ featured on the Smoking

Tobacco has the same first name

as an innocent suspect. Cross

this person off your list!

The Brougham

carriage

(parked outside

the tobacconist)

was first made in

1838 by Robinson

and Cook of

Mount Street,

London.

15 Look into the

CORSETIERE, then cross

the road to the LINEN

SHOP (next to the

BLACKSMITH) Locate the

FIRE STATION and enter

via the left hand side.

Firefighters stopped wearing

brass helmets because they

made their heads too hot!

Before community fire

Brigades were formed, it was

up to insurance companies

to put out fires on

properties insured by them.

16 Upon exiting the FIRE

STATION, enter BIRCH &

BIRCH. The name of an

innocent suspect is

printed on a red tin on

the top shelf. Cross this

person off your list!

When visiting the

grocers,

customers would

often bring their

own jugs to fill

up with products

like syrup,

vinegar, or gin

17 After

leaving BIRCH

& BIRCH,

cross the road

to Mr Thomas’

BARBERS

SHOP.

The Red & White ‘Blood &

Bandages’ pole outside

the barber shop,

signifies that the

barber not only cuts

hair, but also provides

a blood-letting service.

(Using the large bowl

seen in the shop)

18 Opposite the BARBER

SHOP is a STREET PIANO.

The surname of an innocent

suspect can be found on the

STREET PIANO. Cross this

person off your list!

19 Head to the BUTCHER

SHOP. The owner of the

BUTCHER SHOP shares his

first name with an innocent

suspect. Cross this person

off your list!

Bags o’ Mystery

was Victorian

slang for

sausages, because

the exact

contents of the

sausage was

usually unclear.

20 Move to the POST

OFFICE. The person

who is licensed to sell

stamps has the same

first name as an

innocent suspect.

Cross this person off

your list!

The first stamp

was called the

‘penny black’.

The red pillar

post box was

designed by J.W.

Penfold in the

1860’s .

‘The Pheasant Inn’

gained its name

from the door

which was bought

at auction, and

the glass on the

exterior lamp was

specially etched

to match.

21 Visit the

PHEASANT INN then

walk back to the

PHOTOGRAPHER.

Peer into the TOY

SHOP, then return to

the scene of the crime –

THE BAKERY!

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