Clarke Chronicler's Resurrection

 This  was  my  choice. We needed to film a model railway  and  unusually the one in Greenhead Park, Hudersfield operates on a Saturday rather than Sunday. The other components were a visit to the Wimpy Bar for lunch and the Tolson Museum afterwards. We drove to Todmorden where I met two old friends in the car park. We caught the train to Mirfield where we changed for Huddersfield. Once off the train, we headed for the park. We  walked through to the railway where  the  society has a share of  the  shop and cafe. We filmed  a  video which  you can see here. After that, we walked back through  the  park, checking  out  the  impressive  War  Memorial. We  passed  a  small lake.... ... and  another  that  had been drained. We  went  for  lunch  at  the  Wimpy then caught the  bus  to  the  Tolson Museum. The...

 Simon wasn't feeling  too well but, being the trooper he  is , thought he could manage this visit  to the  Pump House People's History Museum. We  got off  the train at Salford Central which is the nearest station The Pump House Museum is housed in a former hydraulic power station beside the river Irwell , hence the name. There  is  a  clock  machine at  the  start of the displays  where  you  can  punch  in  if  so  minded. As  you would  expect, there's  quite  a  bit  about  the Peterloo Massacre. These are  possibly some of the  weapons  used on  the  day. Here's  a  model of the event. This is  Thomas Paine's death mask. As  usual, Simon found somewhere to sit down I  liked  this  little  reminder of the eighties. After we'd finished at the Museum we  went to Wetherspoon's f...