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Photo Archive: A Grand Day Out, Wallace and Gromit From the Drawing Board Exhibition, The M Shed, Bristol, 07/08/14.

26 Saturday Nov 2016

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Places and objects brought to me by the wonders of film and television do not always stand up to closer examination, but I always think of the day my sister took me to the M Shed’s “Wallace and Gromit from the drawing board” exhibition as the day I met Wallace and Gromit; the detail is incredible.

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At the time I appeared to be more impressed with the view from the M Shed roof, which is or certainly was fully accessible at the time of my visit. I posted “The View from the M Shed Roof” back in 2014.

“Winston Churchill”, Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, 10/06/16.

01 Friday Jul 2016

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Black Country, Black Country Living Museum, Blackpole, Cadbury's, chocolate, Dudley, railways, Railways in Worchester, Trains., Winston Churchill, Worchester, Worchester News

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According to my notes, this is a “O-6-OST Manning Wardle locomotive built at the Boyne Engine Works, Leeds in 1923” (I hope I have made a note of this correctly, for those of you who are interested in the technicalities of these things), but I’m going to refer to it as Winston.

For those of you more interested in chocolate than steam locomotives you might be interested to know that Winston was ordered in 1923 by the Cadbury brothers, of Cadbury’s Chocolate fame, and spent a considerable time at Cadbury’s Blackpole factory, near Worchester (a place I had previous known absolutely nothing about).

According to the Worchester News, the Cadbury brothers bought the former munitions factory site at Blackpole from the Government in 1921 and it became a centre for “marzipan manufacturing” and “the sorting of nuts“, amongst other things. In 1966 the Board of Trade refused permission for a new cake factory on the site and by 1971 production had moved to Moreton-in-the-Wirral. To quote from the newspaper again, “…of the 680 employees losing their jobs, 320 were described as “part-time married women“”.

Another interesting fact from the BBC News website, “The site had its own sports ground – BBC Hereford & Worcester’s Dave Bradley remembers that cricket teams loved playing there, as they were served chocolate cake“. That sounds like my sort of gig!

The Railways in Worchester website has some wonderful photographs of trains working at the Blackpole factory and they give a good impression of how busy the factory must have been in its hay day.

 

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George Stephenson admiring a locomotive, Chesterfield Train Station, Chesterfield, 04/06/16.

01 Friday Jul 2016

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Chesterfield, George Stephenson, Industrial Heritage, Industrial Revolution, railway station, railways, Station, statue, Train stations, Trains., Victorian.

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Photo Archive: “Rob & Dan’s Northern Pub Quiz”,”The Exchange”, 50 Cultural Quarter, Leicester, 12/10/15.

01 Friday Jan 2016

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big prizes, flat caps, Leicester, meat draw, Northern, pub quiz, Public houses, pubs, Rob & Dan's Northern Pub Quiz, The Exchange Leicester, The North, whippets, woodbines

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Being Driven Through The Peak District, Derbyshire, 16/05/15.

18 Monday May 2015

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Derbyshire, driving, Mam Tor, scenic views, The Peak District, walking

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I can’t drive, which is one of the major factor that directly effects what I write about and photograph, so when my friend and fellow walker Phil kindly offered to drive me down to Edale, in the Derbyshire Peaks, I jumped at the chance!

We drove home via this very impressive pass [the name of which escapes me]. We drove up from where we’d parked the car in Edale, so [if my bearings are correct] that should be Man Tor on the left hand side of the photograph.

If you missed the photographs from the last Mr.B – Phil expedition to the Peak District, you can find them here.

Snow, The A15 Viewed From The A1077, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, 19/01/15.

19 Monday Jan 2015

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Red lorry.

Lorry.

South.

South.

Trees.

Trees.

“Top Hat”, The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, 03/01/15.

04 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by Mr. B Flaneur in Uncategorized, Yorkshire.

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BBC Radio 4, Clive Hayward, Fred Astaire, Leeds, Musicals, The Grand Leeds, The Grand Theatre and Opera House Leeds, top hat, Top Hat The Musical

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

The New Year starts not far from where the last year left off; in Leeds and heading for The Grand!

“Top Hat” is a great show, but I guess I am a little bit biased, because I have been a big fan of the original, 1935, film version, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for a long time and the musical mirrors the film so closely that I was bound to love it! Even scenes, that I thought would be impossible to recreate on the stage, were laid before my eyes with the greatest of ease (or so it seemed; the production must have been technically very difficult).

The cast were superb and if I had to single out one member of it for a special mention, it would be Clive Hayward, who played Horace Hardwick. Firstly, it was a great role well played and secondly, Mr. Hayward’s voice is regularly heard at Mr. B HQ, via BBC Radio 4 (if my memory serves me well and l have read the programme correctly).  Two productions, mentioned in the programme, stand out for me, the Classic Serial “The Divine Comedy” and an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?“. It is quite something to see somebody you have only ever heard.

The Northern Ballet’s “Peter Pan”, The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, 20/12/14.

22 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by Mr. B Flaneur in Uncategorized, Yorkshire.

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Outside of the theatre.

Outside The Grand before the matinee performance.

I have never seen myself as a reviewer before, but I found myself, on the 17.05 East Coast service from Leeds to London King’s Cross, scribbling down notes on the performance in my pocket book and it wouldn’t do harm to share them with you.

Firstly, The Grand is a great venue and the staff are first rate; I’ve never had any problems there. If I had to say something negative it would be that it got got a bit warm up in the Dress Circle, but there isn’t a lot you can do about that!

Over the years I have tried to learn the dancer’s names from the programmes and the cast sheets they put in them, so I was concerned at first that I hardly recognised any, but I needn’t have worried. Mlindi Kulashe, for example, is a new name to me, but he gave a wonderful performance as Peter Pan and I’d be very interested to see what his next role will be with the Northern Ballet. Luke Francis, another name I’m not familiar with, played Peter Pan’s shadow in a scene that I’m sure will prove memorable.

Dreda Blow delivered, not one, but two enthralling performances as Mrs. Darling, the mother of Wendy, John and Michael, and the incredibly graceful Never Bird. I checked my programme in the interval and wasn’t surprise to find that the roles were being performed by one of the company’s Leading Soloists [and that evening I looked through some of my other programmes and I Dreda Blow’s name appeared more than once; most notably in “The Great Gatsby” at The New Theatre in Hull back in 2013].

The Mermaids received a universal gasp of amazement from the Dress Circle as they appeared, shimmering, on the stage [I’m not a big sequin fan, as a rule, but everything has its place and a Mermaids tail is one of those places]. Nana The Dog, played by Olivia Holland, was also well received.

I’m saving the last paragraph for Joeseph Taylor’s performance as both Mr. Darling and Captain Hook. I had never given much thought to either character or how they might relate to each other before that Saturday matinee. The final scene sees the children return home and the children look at their father as if he were Captain Hook and I found it very moving, as did some other audience members within earshot of me on Row F.

The Humber Bridge, Northern Lincolnshire, 09/12/14.

10 Wednesday Dec 2014

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bridges, commuting, gloom, Humber Bridge, mobile phone camera, mobile telephone camera, Photography, Public Transport, travelling, Weather, Winter

Humber Bridge.
Can you see it through the gloom?

View From The Humber Bridge Approach Road, North Lincolnshire, 09/12/14.

10 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Humber Bridge.
I took this whilst waiting in a line of traffic on the Southern approach to the Humber Bridge yesterday morning. Doesn’t it look wild! The mud splattered window of the bus and rather tempestuous Winter weather add a certain drama, I think.

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