Tag: Exhibit

• Grin and Bear it

  

  Manchester Museum, 1st March 2021 It’s not easy being king of the dinos you’re buried under the land for what seems like ages and kept away from the sun so you take a bit of a nap all of a sudden, something with teeth like yours is uncovering you, in the cold and they’re using […]

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  1 Mar 2021

  Character, Manchester Museum, Museums

  archeaeology, buried, Camera, Cavemen, Dark, Dig, Dinosaurs, Exhibit, grin, Jigsaw, King, Manchester, Museum, T-Rex, Teeth, Uncovered

• Long Goodbye

  IWM North via Salford, 26th March 2018 We’re losing an old friend in a few days time. The Russian T-34 Tank , having spent 13 years in Greater Manchester, notedly around the Cold war area of the Main exhibition space, will be on its way back to its owner before heading off to pastures new […]

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  26 Mar 2018

  IWM North, Museums, Photography

  Exhibit, IWM North, Leaving, Manchester, Mathilda, Military, Moving, Museum, Russian, T-34, Tank

• Glass

  

  In response to Glass I. Under tremendous heat Sand melts down into clear globules which form into a clear substance Its clear to see   II. If we didn’t have glass we would probably be Living in Caves (letting the wind in)   III. Magical substance Liquid then solid Forming  beaker Holding drinks   IV. […]

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  9 Jul 2016

  Home, Industrial, Poetry

  Beakers, Bottles, Exhibit, Glass, Museum, Poetry, Salford, Vases, Windows

• Little Ol’ Red

  

  #Red #Fire #Engine #War Little Old Red is resting, he’s done its best. When the world was at war, and bombs fell to the floor These crafty bombs made fire over concrete and grass so firecrews met round him to work t… Source: Little Ol’ Red

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  16 May 2016

  IWM North, Museum, Museums, World War II

  Civil Defence, England, Exhibit, Fire Engine, IWM North, Manchester, Photography, Poetry, Red, World War II

• Tale of a Balloon

  

    Weight(less) This is a picture of a Barrage Balloon, It was used (alongside many others) to provide cover against enemy bombing attacks on Britain during world war II. Despite its size and volume these balloons were terribly lightweight and required teams of operators to anchor them and keep them in position. They were used in […]

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  10 Jan 2016

  Airforce, Army, IWM North, Military, Museum, Museums, War

  Air, Balloon, Barrage, Bombs, Defence, Exhibit, IWM North, Museums

• Harrier

  

  Harrier Hello chaps! all you down there Tis I, the mechanical bird in th’air protecting you all at night and day keeping enemy forces at bay Armed only with the best weaponry – I carry tactical rockets you see! But my best qualities are in th’movement in air passing over forests and mountains wi’ flair […]

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  15 Oct 2015

  Museum, Museums, Photography, Poetry

  British, Defence, Exhibit, Flight, Harrier, Imperial War Museum, IWM North, Jump Jet, Large Object, Museum, Museums, Poetry

• The Field Gun

  

  A poem about the Field Gun, that fired the first shot of World war I. Normally on display at Imperial War Museum North, in Trafford, It’s currently on tour around the commonwealth as part of World War I Centenary Celebrations. It sits in its home on Parade its seats as clean as on the day it […]

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  15 Oct 2015

  IWM North, Military, Museums, War

  Artillery, Exhibit, Explosive, Field Gun, Historical, IWM North, Manchester, Museum, Shells, War, World War I