World of Wedgwood & the Potteries Museum
World of Wedgwood & the Potteries Museum
World of Wedgwood & the Potteries Museum
World of Wedgwood & the Potteries Museum
On one of the sunniest days of the year so far, we arrived at the impressive emporium which is the new, £34m World of Wedgwood, in good time for a coffee in the glittering showroom before a thorough & fascinating introduction to the Wedgwood story, by its knowledgeable & welcoming director, Gaye Blake Roberts. Weren't we lucky to have her to speak to us? Such is the prestige of the Whitworth & its Friends!
We were then able to make a cursory look abound the astonishing museum (it is huge!) as well as having a most appetising lunch in the 'destination' café.
Of course we could have stayed longer, but it was then off to the comfortably familiar Potteries Museum in Hanley, where Cathy Shingler gave us a riveting, rip-roaring gallop through life in the time of the Staffordshire Hoard. We felt we'd lived it.
Perhaps an underrated centre for the arts, the Potteries Museum is a quiet, hidden gem of a place with not only a breathtaking historic ceramics collection, but also the most prestigious of modern artists, such as Grayson Perry & Glenys Hughes. Not only that, but some high end C20th paintings & sculpture too. Plenty to explore.
A slow journey from Wilmslow to Manchester could have been quicker had our coach driver accepted the offer of being escorted by police outriders. No, not because we were FOWS, but because the policeman concerned thought we were football fans late for the important match in Manchester. A Whitworth trip is full of surprises!
On one of the sunniest days of the year so far, we arrived at the impressive emporium which is the new, £34m World of Wedgwood, in good time for a coffee in the glittering showroom before a thorough & fascinating introduction to the Wedgwood story, by its knowledgeable & welcoming director, Gaye Blake Roberts. Weren't we lucky to have her to speak to us? Such is the prestige of the Whitworth & its Friends!
We were then able to make a cursory look abound the astonishing museum (it is huge!) as well as having a most appetising lunch in the 'destination' café.
Of course we could have stayed longer, but it was then off to the comfortably familiar Potteries Museum in Hanley, where Cathy Shingler gave us a riveting, rip-roaring gallop through life in the time of the Staffordshire Hoard. We felt we'd lived it.
Perhaps an underrated centre for the arts, the Potteries Museum is a quiet, hidden gem of a place with not only a breathtaking historic ceramics collection, but also the most prestigious of modern artists, such as Grayson Perry & Glenys Hughes. Not only that, but some high end C20th paintings & sculpture too. Plenty to explore.
A slow journey from Wilmslow to Manchester could have been quicker had our coach driver accepted the offer of being escorted by police outriders. No, not because we were FOWS, but because the policeman concerned thought we were football fans late for the important match in Manchester. A Whitworth trip is full of surprises!
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