As I was in London with 2 Cadets from St John Ambulance we paid a visit to the museum and went on a tour. It was very interesting to learn more about the history of the organisation I am part of.
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Showing posts with label museum. Show all posts
Saturday, 7 November 2015
4th November 2015 - St Johns Gate Museum
Having been a member of St John Ambulance for over 20years is something big. However in this time I have never been to the St Johns Gate Museum. That is until today.
As I was in London with 2 Cadets from St John Ambulance we paid a visit to the museum and went on a tour. It was very interesting to learn more about the history of the organisation I am part of.
As I was in London with 2 Cadets from St John Ambulance we paid a visit to the museum and went on a tour. It was very interesting to learn more about the history of the organisation I am part of.
Friday, 4 September 2015
September 4th 2015 - The Beacon
September 4th 2015 - The Beacon
There are only a few days left before the boys go back to school, and despite the fact my knee is still really sore we took the boys to the local museum today - The Beacon.
There is lots of hands on touchy stuff for them to try and use which is great for kids of all ages. They really enjoyed the Sellafield exhibition as that had lots of things including big foam things to make a way to get rid of nuclear waste (balls). They spent ages trying to work together (very hard for my sons) to build a track.
There are only a few days left before the boys go back to school, and despite the fact my knee is still really sore we took the boys to the local museum today - The Beacon.
There is lots of hands on touchy stuff for them to try and use which is great for kids of all ages. They really enjoyed the Sellafield exhibition as that had lots of things including big foam things to make a way to get rid of nuclear waste (balls). They spent ages trying to work together (very hard for my sons) to build a track.
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
February 18th 2015 - Haig Pit
February 18th 2015 - Haig Pit
As it's a very dull and overcast day, complete with sea mist and rain showers I decided that we would take the kids out to an indoor place - Haig Pit mining museum that is only a few miles up the road from where we live. The first time we went to it was the day after it closed down for renovation, so we could only see the outside. It re-opened on Valentines day this year.
We went, we saw we, came home! Although what was there was interesting, the website made it look as though there was alot more on display etc. The kids enjoyed the fact that there was alot of hands on activities and buttons that they could push etc, and enjoyed the coal blaster that made loads of noise and scared me to death the first time they set it off!
Parts of the pit still looked as though they were being worked on, so hopefully this is the case and there will be more to see and do if we go again. Sadly you couldn't get down to any of the pit parts or tracks, you could only go round the old engine house building. Maybe this is because of health & safety I don't know.
As it's a very dull and overcast day, complete with sea mist and rain showers I decided that we would take the kids out to an indoor place - Haig Pit mining museum that is only a few miles up the road from where we live. The first time we went to it was the day after it closed down for renovation, so we could only see the outside. It re-opened on Valentines day this year.
We went, we saw we, came home! Although what was there was interesting, the website made it look as though there was alot more on display etc. The kids enjoyed the fact that there was alot of hands on activities and buttons that they could push etc, and enjoyed the coal blaster that made loads of noise and scared me to death the first time they set it off!
Parts of the pit still looked as though they were being worked on, so hopefully this is the case and there will be more to see and do if we go again. Sadly you couldn't get down to any of the pit parts or tracks, you could only go round the old engine house building. Maybe this is because of health & safety I don't know.
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