00:00Hello sir, we're here at the fabulous Oak House. Gorgeous building isn't it here in West Brom?
00:06Yes, the Oak House is about 400, 430 years old.
00:11Wow.
00:12And the first family we know of that came in here were the Turtens in the 1620s.
00:20However, there's been quite a bit of work done on it because it needs a lot of work and renovation.
00:26As all houses do, especially when it's that old.
00:29Exactly. So we are running an archaeological a week, a few days, which is from the 23rd, 24th and 25th of July.
00:42And also the week after it's some other archaeological work that we're doing.
00:49Kids can come and make peach pots can't they on the week after?
00:52Yes.
00:53That sounds good for them.
00:54It's going to be really interesting to all the children. So bring them along.
01:00We're open from 11 o'clock I believe till 3.30.
01:07So bring them along and they can get involved and learn quite a lot.
01:13Fantastic.
01:14Not only about the Oak House, but also about archaeology.
01:17And I believe they've done some test pits at the front of the house here,
01:20but this will be the first time that you're digging down at the back won't it?
01:23That is correct, yes.
01:24Who knows what you might discover?
01:26Well, who knows.
01:28The Wolverhampton Archaeological Group are coming down to do the digging I believe
01:33and they've already marked off a couple of spots that they think might be interesting to them.
01:37That's right, that's correct.
01:39They must have found stuff here in the past before in the grounds.
01:42They have found some items in the past. Surprisingly some of them are quite near to the surface.
01:49So who knows, if you come, who knows what you'll find.
01:53And all is welcome, good family events.
01:55So check out the socials on Oak House Museum West Brom to find out more.
02:00That's right, so welcome one and all.
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