Whitehaven, United Kingdom
27 Lowther St
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+44 1946592933
Good for kids
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Jefferson's is well stocked shop with a fine wide range of quality locally sourced produce and friendly, helpful staff. Well worth a visit if shopping for gifts, or looking for something different that you won't find on the high street. From alcohol and tea/coffee to chocolate and grooming products to household items, this great little shop really has all bases covered.
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Brilliant place, very informative with amazing exhibits and really friendly staff. Definitely worth visiting!
Not really a rum story. More of just a shop. However the staff are real rum experts and are very happy to explain the story.
Fantastic selection of local delicacies, important part of our local heritage. Worth a visit, especially when shopping for gifts around Christmas time which are always well received.
A well rounded presentation on the origin of rum, method of production, how it was shipped, stored, bottled and consumed - all told through a story with a healthy mix of history and geography to satiate the curiosities of younger ones. Clever use of clay models compliment charts on the walls, and audio visual presentations. The clock at the entrance made of model of cane crushers, barrels, ships, decanters opens the show gently introducing viewers into what's there in the whole rum story. Then the audience walks into a model Caribbean forest to feel the ambience! Next all are ushered into a cave like underground passage where models show how the trade survived on cruel practices of the day such as slave trade,. Actual artifacts used such as the shackles to tie the hands and feet of the slaves under the dark underbelly of slave ships are on display. So are fun facts like who were the pirates how they grew with the support of the kings of the European states, how the rum became staple of British Navy, and then needed to be diluted to maintain order etc etc. The revolvers used by famous pirate captains to the method of forging rum barrels, the employment letter issued to an apprentice to the forge shop, to the then princely sum offered to the captain of a ship, all these are presented to add learning with fun. Visitors walk past old barrels stored in the same way they used to be for hundreds of years. The myriad units of measurements used to size the barrels are there for school students to feel relieved that they don't have to learn these any more! Finally the viewers are ushered into the office room still equipped with the then state of the art office machinery like type writers and hand cranked calculators ! The tour winds up with a taster session, albeit restricted to the grown ups only. The younger ones can take home souvenirs like pirates stuff !
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