Norwich Lanes
The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell will be celebrating the legend of Jack Valentine in the museum over February half term.
Children can hunt for Jack’s lost packages around the museum and make their own card for their nearest and dearest.
FREE with museum admission.
The earliest known Valentine was sent in Norfolk in 1477 and Norwich had its own unique celebrations on 13th February, St. Valentine’s Eve. As soon as it got dark on Valentines Eve, people began knocking on doors, anonymously leaving gifts. Some practical jokers attached strings to the gifts, and whisked them away from the doorstep. Presents weren’t just for sweethearts, but for children too, some of them finding the anticipation and drama even more exciting than Christmas.
