Sep
23
2012
1

2012 Project365 (Day 263)

The Man With His Iron LungThis morning The Mister and I went to the Science Museum. We started at the top with the medical science and history which was fascinating and worked our way down. The last thing we saw was an exhibition about Alan Turing who was a brilliant scientist. It was a sad story though as in 1952 he was convinced of homosexuality and sentenced to a year of female hormone therapy. He died in 1954 from cyanide poisoning which was believed to be suicide.

This photograph is of The Mister standing next to a genuine Iron Lung. This probably won’t be funny to anyone except The Mister’s brother!

After the museum we went off and did more shopping and mainly managed to get everything we needed before going to a fab pub for dinner with friend from the Ship of Fools.

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Jan
28
2012
0

2012 Project365 (Day 28)

Day 28 - Titanic and GuernseyToday The Mister and I went to Candie Garden Museum in St Peter Port. We went to see the Titanic exhibition there, which looks at the Guernsey people who were aboard the Titanic when it sunk. It was a very small exhibition, with only a few things to look at, including a mock-up of what a Second Class cabin would look like.

The thing I liked though was the tickets to get in which were made to look like a boarding pass for the ship and included the names of real passengers on each one. We were then able to go and have a look at the folder and see what happened to the people. The Mister and I were Mr Dickinson H Bishop and Mrs Helen Bishop and the information said that we were, “Husband and wife travelling home after their four month honeymoon. In the years following the disaster Dickinson endured rumours that he had dressed as a woman in order to secure a place on the lifeboat Helen regretted leaving her newly acquired dog Freu Freu in the cabin.”

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Jul
28
2009
4

Guernsey Day 3 – The Folk Museum

P1010424Another shiny and sunny day in Guernsey. After a visit from one of the aunts for a coffee in the conservatory, The Mister and I went up to Saumarez Park to go to the Guernsey Folk and Costume Museum. I probably haven’t been to it for about 20 years and over that time they have done a brilliant job of tidying it up and adding more exhibits.

I was particularly fascinated with the exhibition of Singer sewing machines, embroidery samplers and a lovely patchwork quilt. They also had a display of wedding dresses and many tools and craft equipment from over the centuries, as well as farm implements and a brief history of tomato cultivation on the island. There are lots of things I love about this place, partly because there are many exhibits that I can recall seeing in my grandparents houses. They also had a display of Cobo Alice dolls. These are dolls, originally made in the 1870’s from unbleached calico and then stuffed with sawdust. They were then dressed with offcuts from clothing. They are a fantastic piece of social history, and the clothes that they were dressed in showed the fashions though the ages. I would love to work out how to make them but there seems to be very little information available online.

After our educational trip to the museum we had lunch with my mum, sister and baby nephew who remained asleep all the time. I don’t know how my sister can moad about how tired she is… he is always asleep when I see him!!! (Louise – just in case you are reading this and are feeling especially sensitive – this is a joke!!!) We then headed to the beach and went swimming – it was unbelievably cold water though. The Mister confirmed that it was indeed ‘bollock-retracting cold’, which was good to know I think!! Can I just say though, it is BLISSFUL to actually spend some proper time with The Mister!!!

More pics….

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Jul
27
2009
1

Guernsey Day 2 – The Occupation Museum

After a late start due to the arrival of my sister and her Spawn, because Louise was “bored” and therefore we had to have coffee with her… and the the arrival of my aunt and her grandson, The Mister and I finally got out of the house. We went to The Occupation Museum for a wander. I have been around this museum many times, but it still fascinates me. Even the fact that it smells like great-gran’s house is interesting. I have blogged about this museum before so I am not going to do it again, but if you are interested you can read it here. I did take some pictures though which are below.

After the museum we went for a yummy baguette and coffee before driving around the coast in my Mum’s poser car and we went to L’Ancresse beach and had a little walk and counted the number of fortifications around that one beach (at least 10) before having a little cuppa.

Now, we are off to the pub for a pint. Marvellous!

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