For many the so-called Swinging 60s were the most exciting period of 20th century Britain. Everything was suddenly Technicolor after years of drab austerity and yet an everyday black and white object like a zebra crossing still became host to one of the most celebrated images of the decade.
In its first three months, the Museum of Liverpool has received half a million visitors and is set to welcome many more with the launch of several galleries and an entire floor. One of the highlights of the opening, which takes place today, is The Great Port gallery which explores how Liverpool transformed itself from…
Terence Conran – The Way We Live Now is a major retrospective marking the designer’s 80th birthday. Held at the Design Museum, London, until March 4th, the exhibition explores Sir Terence’s impact on contemporary life in Britain; tracing his career from post-war austerity through to the Festival of Britain, the birth of Habitat in 1964,…
Recently opened in Gallery Two of the National Media Museum in Bradford, Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works contains images taken around Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. Meadow’s career began in 1972 when, as part of a new documentary movement, he opened a studio in Moss Side, Manchester, and persuaded residents to pose for him…
A tribute to Bill Boddy, ‘the godfather of motorsports journalism in the UK’, takes place at Brooklands Museum on October 1st. A motoring and motorsport enthusiast motorsport from an early age, Boddy – who died in July, aged 98 – was the founder member of The Brooklands Society, an organisation charged with preserving the legendary…
A new exhibition at Maidenhead Heritage Centre looks at major flooding events in the town’s recent history. Flood! focuses on the worst post-war floods in the Maidenhead area and in particular the flood of March, 1947, which is well remembered by many local residents (pictured). Richard Poad MBE, Chairman of Maidenhead Heritage Centre, explains: “The…
A new free exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York allows visitors to find out more about the lives of generations of British railway workers. Driver P. E. Heavens and his fireman on the footplate of a British Railways Eastern Region A4 class express passenger locomotive No 60015 Quicksilver, July 3rd, 1956 (picture: NRM).…
On the night of November 10th-11th, 1940, the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm carried out the first carrier- launched air strike against an enemy fleet. 21 Swordfish torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier Illustrious, attacked the Italian navy’s battle fleet at anchor in the harbor of Taranto. Picture: Fairey Swordfish dropping an aerial torpedo. The…
A new exhibition about the history of the Lode Lane Solihull factory will take place at Solihull Central Library from November 9th-25th. The exhibition tells the story of the Lode Lane factory, its people and products, from 1940 to the present day. It features photographs from the Archives of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust,…
