Apple bobbing? Musical chairs? Bubblegum races? It’s what we’ve been waiting for! Childhood is a tongue in cheek opportunity to indulge in the pastime of the very young with the benefit of a grown up

Cry loudly if you fall over whilst returning to the main house at which Stoke Place staff will make it better with brightly coloured Balloons and if the terry towels have suddenly lost their appeal, Vintage Secret are at hand, providing their ever popular Dressing Up Room with grown up Face Painting. There will also be a Big Boys Room with a special World Cup Bar for those wishing to catch the England Game.

Toddle your way to the Wedgewood Room and pick up one of the custom-made Sweet and Sticky Cocktails and for those that haven't made it to grown-up glasses yet, cocktails served in a Baby Bottle. Get on your tippy-toes to reach the Candy Filled Trees and gorge yourself on old-fashioned sweets including Candy Canes, Lollipops and Chocolate Money.

Sugar rush to the Vyse Room, crawling into a Cardboard Maze where each of the three exits offers a different ending or take part in the Party Game Olympics, including Apple Bobbing, Pass the Orange, Flash Flap, Musical Chairs and the Bubblegum Race, followed by Dj Sets and Dancing Lessons by the Lady Greys. Oh, and this will be one occasion when being sent to your bedroom is actually fun, guests can find a series of entertainments installed in several of Stoke Place's bedrooms including Amelia as Little Red Riding Hood and Sinister Magician Sets by Josh Knowles. Those feeling a bit sleepy should visit the Princess and the Pea Bedroom in which Lily Farling will be reading Bedtime Stories perched from a magical ladder. Feeling naughty? A visit to La Horrox, a Strict School Teacher, should soon put paid to that!

Miss Ballooniverse is at hand to ensure your balloon dreams are realised with extravagant concoctions that you wont let go of and if all the activities have worked up a hunger, then make sure you are seated for the Midnight Feast, serving a selection of Traditional Nursery Food.

Those wishing to avoid a kicking and screaming tantrum finale will have booked the very limited number of room packages available, including dinner, bed and breakfast. They will be able to enjoy the benefit
of a bar that never closes as the party continues into the night. Hurray!

The White Blackbird's baby carriages will be stationed at a Central London pick up spot at 6.45pm to whisk guests away to the rural idyll of Stoke Place, where the house and grounds have been turned over exclusively to the party goer’s pleasure. Just don't throw your rattle out of the pram whilst trying to work out in which order to examine the assembled delights! The baby carriages will then depart from Stoke Place at 2.30 - 3.00am on return journey back to the grown-up world!

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EVENT TICKETS

Event tickets are priced at £35 each. Join the White Blackbird Facebook group:
... for discounted ticket offers and competition information. NB: ADVANCE PURCHASE ONLY.

Book on: 01753 534 790.

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BOOK A ROOM

Bedrooms are available at a considerable discount to guests of the White Blackbird. They can be booked at Stoke Place reception on: 01753 534 790.

Standard Double - £90.00
Executive Double - £110.00
Suite - £140.00

Prices are on a Bed and Breakfast basis but do not include event tickets.


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COMPETITION: 10x Pairs of tickets to attend The White Blackbird: ‘Childhood’ at Stoke Place at 18.45 on Friday, 2nd July 2010. Well, actually 18.45 is when you are collected from central London and whisked away to the countryside.

To claim your tickets, send an email with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected.

NOTE: The ticket you win doesn't cover the travel or accommodation.

Q: Now, Dearest, you may well have experienced the infamous White Blackbird parties before, but can't quite remember what, or where... all a bit of a fuzzy haze wot? Well, in that case this tricky question will be most trying! Of the following past White Blackbird country-house party themes is a highly vulgar and exhausting fake?

A: 1) Pyjama Party .2) Tweed .3) Rule Britannia .4) Fifa in Ibiza just isn't Croquet

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