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A day out at The Great Hall is more ‘like a school trip’ according to locals visiting the Hidden Heroes Trail designed to ‘excite and educate’ children about the city’s history.

Mrs Dance, a mother visiting with three other families said: “The boys were quite disinterested at the start, but they did begin to enjoy it.”

“I think there must be a lot of interest generated by the programmes that are on TV like Merlin and Merlin’s Apprentice. If it had been a school trip then it would have been perfect.”

Gill Clements, one of the trail’s creators said: “For younger children it might be too wordy, but they enjoy looking around the Hall…there has been a lot of interest, it gives children stories to learn, that stretch back over 1000 years.”

Two of the younger visitors said it is “good” but that they would prefer to be playing outside as “it is half-term.”

The Trail takes forty-five minutes and includes reading a detailed 12 page booklet, essential in completing the trail, and doing a test consisting of at least 20 questions about what was read. Whilst finding images of the ‘heroes’ around the Hall.

The trail opened in February and is part of the City’s ‘hero’ theme for 2008 exploring the famous and the lesser known heroes of the area; from King Arthur to William Walker.