114 Saturday 16th April 2022 Salford Museum and Art Gallery

 This  was  Simon's  choice  for  a  trip for  Easter  Saturday. 

We  arrived  about  half  an  hour  before  the  museum  opened. We  had  a  walk  through  the  eerily  quiet  university campus  then  did  some  filming  on  the  river  Irwell.





  The  footage  we  shot  is  included  in  this  one.

  


The  museum  opened  at  12.00pm.


We  had  a  drink  in  the  cafe  before  looking  round.




We  looked  round  the  paintings. This  is  the one  that  caught  our  attention.


As  usual, Simon  took  advantage  of  the  seats.


Simon as Queen  Victoria


We  then  had  a  look  round  the  museum's  prime  attraction, Lark  Hall  Place, a  recreated  Victorian  street.



After  that  we  wandered into  Manchester  for  lunch  at  Wetherspoon's . This  shrub  guy  was  jump  scaring  people  on  Deansgate.



We  walked  back  to  Salford  Crescent  for  our  train  home.

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