Sounds like a fun day :-)
The closest I ever got to Manchester was a 1-day interview at Jodrell
Bank. As a student in my early 20's, getting that position would have
been akin to a prison sentence. Nowadays, with a camera in hand, I'd
love to live in that countryside. Such is Life.
Bob, fancy meeting half way between you and me? That might put us in a
North Atlantic oil rig, but I bet there'd be less fire alarms there
:-)
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On 28 February 2010 17:00, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike Wilson and I travelled from opposite ends of the country today to meet
> in the middle at Manchester for the Don McCullin exhibition at the Imperial
> War Museum North:
> <http://north.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.24321>
>
> A great exhibition, well worth the journey. Catch it if they let you in.
>
> We arrived at the museum and decided to have coffee and cake before going
> in. We got no further than 2 metres into the exhibition proper when the fire
> alarm went off. So everyone trudged outside to admire the Libeskind
> architecture of the museum for a while. We then went back in and the alarm
> went off again. It was faulty, so they had to call an engineer. Having
> arrived there at 11.30 am we didn't actually get to see the exhibition until
> 4pm.
>
> Fortunately Mike's not as dumb as he looks, and we took off to another
> museum he knew about, called MOSI <http://www.mosi.org.uk/>, which is full
> of fantastic steam engines and big machines that move a lot and make plenty
> of noise. Also old cars, bikes (motor- and push-) and aeroplanes such as
> Spitfires and GE Lightnings, so it was a great day.
>
> Having not been to Manchester since I was a student there nearly 35 years
> ago I didn't recognise any of it at all. However, I think I now have to go
> back to see the Leonardo exhibition at the MOSI. Damn.
>
> Anyway, if you get the chance, go to the Don McCullin. Not only are the
> photos superb, but there is also a great display of some of his property
> associated with different parts of his career. Including the helmet he wore
> in Vietnam.
>
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