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Tales based in and around Sawrey with Janet Edwards
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This talk is centred on the Tales based around Sawrey and Hill Top. You may have read some of these stories for yourself and thought, "How did Beatrix Potter come up with these ideas?" Janet's talk will tell you about the background to these Tales, beginning with the Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan and ending with The Tale of Pigling Bland, the last of the Sawrey books.
Come and find out about the background to these brilliant stories!
About the speaker:
Janet Edwards worked all her life in the NHS. She volunteered at Hill Top with the National Trust for over 20 years. Janet has also been a member of the Beatrix Potter Society for the same amount of time.
Image credits: Beatrix in the porch at Hill Top, 1913; Lloyd E. Cotsen Collection of Potter Family Photographs, COTSEN5, Cotsen Children's Library, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Opening Times
| Season (19 Sept 2026) | ||
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| Day | Times | |
| Saturday | 14:00 | - 15:30 |
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From the south, leave the M6 at junction 36 and follow the signs for Kendal, Windermere and Ambleside. Travel into Ambleside, following the A591; pass the Bridge House and cross the mini-roundabout. The Armitt is sited on the right, signposted close to the University of Cumbria Ambleside Campus.
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