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| 19 December 1964, 11 Bushmead Road, Luton Margaret and Kate |
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| Arriving at King Street Congregational Church |
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Back Row - Kate, Reuben, Gerald, Joyce Front Row - Aunt Amor Humphrey, Grandad Humphrey, Gran Chapman, David, Helen, Cyril |
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| 3pm on a December afternoon and it was VERY chilly! |
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| Cake made by Fitzbillie's in Cambridge |
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| Kate and Margaret Mrs Thatcher wasn't the only one to have a Bag! |
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| Wedding Anniversary flowers from the family |
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| The redevelopment of the area around Cambridge station continues, no doubt making way for yet another block of flats. The purpose of our trip was to see the Rembrandt exhibition at the National Gallery. No photography allowed of course but no restrictions next door in the National Portrait Gallery where there is a free exhibition of works by Grayson Perry, "Who are You?" The 14 portraits are "images about the nature of identity, snapshots taken from the narratives of people's lives". The people portrayed have "changed religion or gender, they have lost some of the physical or mental faculties, they have lost status, they belong to a group that is hoping it will be seen differently by society." |
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| Part of the "Comfort Blanket" a large tapestry portraying good and bad facets of life in the UK |
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| Britain is Best as seen from Belfast |
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| Modern Family |
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| The Ashford Hijab |
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| Memory Jar |
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| The Huhne Vase |
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| I am a Man |
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| The Earl of Essex |
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| Jesus Army money box |
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| Georgina |
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| Trafalgar Square |
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| Saturday morning, and Simon in action with the loppers |
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| and with the saw |
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| Going... |
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| Going ... |
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| Going ... |
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| Gone! |
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| Job done! Thank you Simon! |
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| A crab apple tree in our front garden was a bit sickly so we decided to take it down. On Greg's recommendation I bought a long-handled extending saw and lopper and managed to get all of the side branches off but at this point it defeated me and we called on Simon for help. |
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| The saw in action |
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| Getting ready for shredding and more sawing for fire-wood |
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| Trinity Hall has an exhibition of etchings by Norman Ackroyd, entitled "The Furthest Lands" It's a series done over a period of about 25 years covering various coastal locations around the British Isles, wonderfully evocative. We were privileged to have the room to ourselves. |
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From Trinity Hall we went on to Kettle's Yard, one of our favourite places, where there is a small but exquisite exhibition of woodcuts by Gwen Raverat, grand-daughter of Charles Darwin and author/illustrator of "Period Piece - a Cambridge Childhood". |
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| Clare College Bridge (Apologies for the reflection!) |
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| Seated Woman by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, part of the Kettle's Yard collection |
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| A favourite corner in Kettle's Yard. A log fire, a cosy chair, plentiful books and through the window a view of St Peter's Church. What more do you need? The University's Museums are currently presenting a programme of special exhibitions, events and activities so from Kettle's Yard we went to the Whipple Museum to see Dr Auzoux's papier-mache models of natural bodies |
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| In 19th century France corpses for medical dissection were hard to come by. Using a special secret papier-mache mixture, Dr Louis Auzoux produced strong dissectible human models. If you look carefully you can see the hook on the chest enabling the front of the torso to be removed, revealing the organs beneath. |
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| How to make strong papier-mache |
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The Whipple Museum has an amazing collection of scientific instruments and models dating from the Middles Ages to the present day. |
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| Part of the display about the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company. Reuben was seconded here during WWII as an instrument maker - a bit of a change from the building trade! |
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| Chassis unit from EDSAC 2 |
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| The Globe Room - globes ancient... |
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| ... and modern! |
