Keeping the memories alive…
Ok, not actually in Huddersfield for Christmas but this trip was a Christmas present to Patrick from me so technically it was Huddersfield for Christmas. Two nights in a Travelodge I know how to treat a man eh! So, the plan was to visit Magic Rock Tap on Friday night, spend the Saturday mooching and shopping in Huddersfield town centre and then a Saturday night pub crawl around some of the fine ale lovers hostelries followed …
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I’m sure most of you will remember the beautiful poppies of the weeping window at the Tower of London. Well the poppies have been on tour and in March 2017, 5000 of them were pouring out of the window of our beautiful Maritime Museum. Like Blade before them, they were the subject of many photos and selfies. Here are a couple of mine. After this we decided to pop along to one of our favourite …
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There was an exhibition in the Streetlife Museum that I kept seeing mentioned on Twitter. It was called Fantastic Felines and was a display featuring picture postcards designed by a music hall singer Violet Roberts. Although born in Hammersmith in 1895, her family moved to Hull when she was 6 and she spent the rest of her life in Hull and later, Beverley. A very talented lady, as well as singing, she was a postcard …
Read moreIn April I had my first volunteering shifts. Both at Hull University, first up was the Science Festival. This is an annual event and to be honest, I’m pretty sure they could have managed just as well without us vollies but it was lovely to have the opportunity to be a part of such a fun event. It was a day crammed full of children’s activities, all science based of course and I’m not sure …
Read moreI had thought about becoming a City of Culture volunteer last year when they first announced the volunteer program but I was worried that because I work full-time, I wouldn’t be able to do much to help. After the first week’s events though, I decided that I really had to be involved with this once in a lifetime opportunity or I would regret it forever. I looked into it a bit more and discovered that …
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