Six girls from Tolland have learned all about life in the 1800s while attending the Tolland Historical Society’s first Tolland History Camp the week of July 23.
The camp, lead by instructor Talie Lyon, 15, and Society President and Museum Director Kathy Bach, has been held at the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum. The girls, all going into the fourth grade this fall, churned butter, made ice cream and pudding, learned about the museum’s exhibits, washed and wrung out clothes by hand and learned crafts such as quilting and quilling.
This Friday, July 25, they’ll dress in period costumes and go to the nearby Hicks-Stearns Museum on Tolland Green for a formal tea.
Here are some scenes from Tolland History Camp:
Grace Condos churns butter.
Abbie Poulin tries her hand at churning butter.
It’s Aubrey Peters’ turn to make the butter.
The campers sample the butter they churned.
The campers learned how to wash and dry clothes the old-fashioned way.
Camper Mia Santini, 8, hung up the clothes to dry in the cellblock of the Old Tolland County Jail.
Ava Sapere, 8, at left, and Mia Santini, 8, practice weaving on hand looms at history camp.
The campers and their leaders, from left: Mia Santini, Kaylee Edgar, Museum Director Kathy Bach, Abbie Poulin, Grace Condos, instructor Talie Lyon, Aubrey Peters and Ava Sapere.
