250 Saturday 11th January 2025 Banh Mi and Stockport Museum

 This  was  another  dual  purpose  trip chosen  by  Simon.

We  arrived  in Manchester  a  bit  early  for lunch and  so  went  fo  a  look around  the Royal Exchange. I pointed out  the theatre to Simon.

We  had  a  game of  Connect 4 in an  alcove on  the  gallery.

Simon loved this prop from a past production.

We  then went for lunch at Banh Mi in the New Century Food Court . The footage we filmed there  will be linked  here  in  due  course.

We  then  caught  the tram to Piccadilly for  a  train to Stockport. We  found  our  way  to  the  Museum  which  isn't  on the street signs.

We  looked  at  the  excavation of the oldest part of the  building.

I wasn't sure whether these were  genuine  human remains or replicas.

I  can't remember  the  story being this model ship.

I  liked  this  model  traction  engine.

We  were  most  interested  in  the  exhibition  commemorating Strawberry Studios. You could  listen  to  the  whole  of  Joy  Division's  Unknown  Pleasures  on  one  set  of  headphones  and  a  selection of  other  songs  recorded  there  on  another.

I  was  interested  to  see  an  original  gizmotron , the  device  developed  by  Godley  and  Creme  and  used  on  their  il-fated  Consequences album.

They  had  some  original Lowry's

The  stained  glass  was  moved  from  the  museum's  original home  in  Vernon Park.

We  had  a  brief  play  with  the  puppet  theatre.

I'm  not  sure  what  this  guy  signified

We  then  started  our  journey  home.