Do We Ever Really Care Who Lived In Our...
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Maybe a book or DVD about english history.
One other option is membership of English Heritage. They own thousands of old buildings (castles, houses etc).
Nothing like visting old houses or castles to bring history to life. They are all free if you are in the English Heritage.
During the summer they also do a lot of "activity days" where they have people dressed in period costume and doing various activities (archery, cookery etc).
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
Every year they have a Festival of History where they have thousands of poeple in costume from all periods of history. It is an amazing day out. Read more about it here, even pictures of previous events.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.8744