Visiting THE HOUSE OF THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER | video quick review

WHAT IT IS. 

The shopfront Betrix Potter visited during her Gloucester trip, who immortalized it with her illustrated storybook The Tailor of Gloucester (1903). 

THE HOUSE OF THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER

WHAT'S ON.

Permanent museum upstairs. Featuring photos and Potter's illustrations side by side, the original story she heard here (inspired the book) and the subsequent painful word cuts and other editorial changes to her manuscript. 

Also in the middle of the room is a race game (clip) with 124 squares to go.

Clip: THE HOUSE OF THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER 

WHERE IT IS.

The shop is on a small alley so it takes time to find it.

Exit Gloucester Station, cross the main road, turn right and walk along Station Road. Turn left into Clarance Street until you reach Eastgate Street. You then walk all the way and continue on to Westgate Street. Turn into the alley College Court to your right. This little gemstone attraction is right inside.

If you instead see the Gloucester Cathedral to your right, too bad you've gone too far - back one square, try again.

There is another slightly shorter path involving Gloucester Cathedral's back garden. Not recommended for those who get lost easily.


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Time is asset: save it for better with a 25-min museum tour. Or find yourself in a novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

Visited: 2020.09

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