Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
Having experienced a couple of 'training restaurants before we were keen to try Scolars. Excellent meal, excellent service, nice restaurant, four courses for £12. What's not to like? Unfortunately, Blackburn has deteriorated badly but there are some buildings in the centre which stand out, and the area of the college where Scholars is situated is perfectly fine. It features a big name from our youth - Barbara Castle - who was a famous campaigner for equal rights and MP for Blackburn. Our next call was to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, which like all regional museums and galleries contains much of great interest. There are quality paintings..... ...a notable collection of icons..... some impressive historic books.....here the Kelmscott Press.... ....here a Sixteenth Century Prayer Book.... in fact written materials going back to the time of clay tablets....... Japanese artwork..... a Victorian room......( alot of galleries now seem to do this as an easy way out of displaying this part of their collections..... a monochrome section ....and then the famous (in Blackburn) Mummy....which was displayed with much interesting Egyptian material...... This drawing of two prisoners tied up in a strange manner was on the foot of the Mummy.... and this encaustic portrait was placed on the head of the Mummy......extraordinary. But best for me was the textile industry section which contained examples (some replica) of machinery used in the industry from the times of handloom weavers up to present day. The so-called Lancashire Looms were prominent... There were also local and industrial paintings..... But wherever you went in Blackburn museum there was something of real interest......
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