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Friday Bench: At Bristol

Have a good Easter. Sign of the Times will be back after a short break.

Matthew Harris

The same inspiration as Cleo Mussi (a trip to Japan), but interpreted completely differently and in another medium

Cleo Mussi

From a recent fantastic free exhibition at the Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Bath.

Oakham Treasures

Oakham Treasures is a couple of very large sheds on a farm in Somerset which houses a wealth of farm machinery and shop goods from yesteryear. A couple of cases are stuffed full of gardening nostalgia…

Do Not Ask

A slice of social history summed up in just a few words on a door.

Seen at the National Museum of Mining for England in the pithead baths.

Eric and Ernie

Not the beloved comedy duo of old, but I’m sure this Eric and Ernie are loved by the children visiting the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

I’m also sure they have a much better life than the pit ponies which used to be stabled here.

Friday Bench: Seesaw

A simple plank placed over a log meant that sitting down, standing up and even just sitting were carefully choreographed. Much laughter ensued!

RPS Print Exhibition

I visited the Royal Photographic Society’s 152nd print exhibition at the Victoria Gallery in Bath with a couple of friends yesterday. Lots of stunning images and ideas, but I found I still go for the less manipulated images.

It was interesting to see how the curator of the exhibition had grouped them.

I was particularly taken with this couple, partly because they were the only people wearing hats (despite the cold day outside), but the gentleman was giving a critique of every single image. Nothing appeared to be coming up to scratch in his view. I’d love to know who he actually was.

Steam

The doors of the Steam museum from the inside.