Baking Scones and more Sudbury

Hello Lovelies,

Thank you for all your interesting comments on my first Sudbury post HERE.

The little baking books I pictured seemed familiar to quite a few of you 

On Wednesday evening I decided to make something from mine. The very first page was for scones...I haven't made these for years. 

As you can see  the page is well used ( probably because I used to make cheese scones a lot many years ago )

Looking at this simple, colourful book I can see why I used it so much when I was younger.......

It was quick and easy to make the dough........

I rolled it out thickly as instructed..........

And 10 minutes later I had a small batch of scones. They were rather flat, but yummy eaten still warm from the oven..........

The recipe in my book is  the same as THIS one. A simple, easy and frugal treat.........

As suggested in the comments to the online recipe above....I'll add a teaspoon of baking powder next time and hopefully they will turn out a bit lighter.

Sudbury is like two visits in one , as well as it's magnificent hall it also houses the National Trusts Museum of Childhood. 

There is an extra charge to visit this part, so again I was glad we had our membership.

This area to the side of the hall were the museum was situated was pretty, and I imagine to would be lovely for a picnic in the summer..........

There are six galleries, covering different aspects of childhood. This is part of the work gallery............
 

The boys loved clambering through the tunnels here, but they are also old enough to appreciate what a horrendous job the child chimney sweeps had............

Next was the "Home" gallery and this Brownie uniform caught my eye.
It's the same one I wore, but with a brown beret, not the later bobble hat.........

I didn't stay in the Brownies for many months. I think it was just too much like school and I never felt like I fitted in, but I did like the uniform.... despite it's brownness :0)


I was even happier to see this sweet turquoise typewriter that I remembered from my childhood..........

These room sets were cleverly created on the ceiling. They were a bit hard to look at and I've turned this photo around to make them easier to view.............

Further along it was again the things I remember from my own childhood that caught my eye. Like these characters from the T.V. show "The Clangers".............

Beatrix Potters characters are timeless.......how I would have loved this tea set...........

Mr BM was most excited when he spotted this Raleigh Chopper bike. He made me laugh when he told me they broke and he had to have two replacements. Then he said they used to carry three children........two on the seat and one on the rack at the back...........

No wonder they broke!

There were toys from many different decades and this beautiful doll dress also grabbed my attention. It was so luxurious and I'm sure only the most privileged child would have owned something like this............

A child who lived in a grand country house like Sudbury Hall maybe............

We had a great time exploring the contrasting experiences available at this lovely property and I'm really looking forward to our next National Trust adventure.

Jacquie x