Training at work - Special Education needs training. I can say Hello, Good Morning, and My name is Alex, in Makaton, which is based on British sign language.
I am busily writing a 4000 word essay on social inclusion in museums.
Facebook is addictive! I have found quite a few people from school/home/contiki tour and it has been great to catch up and find out what people are up to.
The weather is not great in London. It is cool, and has been windy and rainy. Where is summer??
Work goes well. The curator thinks I am a star! :-) Duty managering is fun too, the days go quickly. Next Wednesday I get training on how to rescue people out of lifts (if they are trapped).
Monday, June 11, 2007
A weekend in Great Yarmouth
Scott and I had a lovely weekend. We left early on Saturday morning to catch the 8:30am train to Norwich. At Norwich we changed trains to take one to our destination. A total of 2.5 hours on the train, but we arrived in Great Yarmouth at 11:13am. Not bad!
Walked through the town and found the hotel. We booked this all very last minute, but it was cheap and had no ensuite. But it was a block from the beach and pretty okay otherwise. We checked in, dumped the suitcase, then we were off again to explore. We walked along the sea side to the miniature village. It has been ages since I have seen one of these, and it didn't disappoint. It was a bit tired in places, but to make up for that they had a streaker in the football game scene (see pics below). The village also had penny machines (ie old fashioned amusement machines that used the old kind of pennies!!).
From there we headed back towards the pier, having a look in the shops and generally taking in the atmosphere. People-watching is a great past time. There seemed to be a very high percentage of "oldies" around (they even had beach wheelchairs you could hire - they had huge wide tyres so the chair did not sink into the sand) and a few young parents. And us. That seemed t be the demographic of the area. Great Yarmouth was a booming fishing town up until the 1960s when the industry died. Many people used to go to Yarmouth as kids for a yearly holiday. I got the impression that all the "oldies" who were hanging around were probably the same people who had been going to Yarmouth for holidays for years and years.
Sunday we headed to the Time and Tide Museum. It was a really great museum (I had read about it as one of my readings for uni incidentally) and the local community had a lot to do with the information presented. I learnt a great deal about the fishing trade! The museum is situated in a former herring smoke house, so a lot of the building still smells like smoked fish. It is in the very fabric of the building - much like the industry was to the town.
From there we went to see some old Row houses. Rows were narrow streets, and these houses are unique in that they are the last of their kind. They were bombed during WWII but were restored by English Heritage. Compared to the Time and Tide Museum, the Row Houses lacked interpretation and warmth. It was a shame, but I have noticed that with a few other English Heritage properties. Must be a policy of some kind.
We caught the train back to London via Norwich, and were home by 10pm. A busy, but very relaxing weekend. :-)
Walked through the town and found the hotel. We booked this all very last minute, but it was cheap and had no ensuite. But it was a block from the beach and pretty okay otherwise. We checked in, dumped the suitcase, then we were off again to explore. We walked along the sea side to the miniature village. It has been ages since I have seen one of these, and it didn't disappoint. It was a bit tired in places, but to make up for that they had a streaker in the football game scene (see pics below). The village also had penny machines (ie old fashioned amusement machines that used the old kind of pennies!!).
From there we headed back towards the pier, having a look in the shops and generally taking in the atmosphere. People-watching is a great past time. There seemed to be a very high percentage of "oldies" around (they even had beach wheelchairs you could hire - they had huge wide tyres so the chair did not sink into the sand) and a few young parents. And us. That seemed t be the demographic of the area. Great Yarmouth was a booming fishing town up until the 1960s when the industry died. Many people used to go to Yarmouth as kids for a yearly holiday. I got the impression that all the "oldies" who were hanging around were probably the same people who had been going to Yarmouth for holidays for years and years.
Sunday we headed to the Time and Tide Museum. It was a really great museum (I had read about it as one of my readings for uni incidentally) and the local community had a lot to do with the information presented. I learnt a great deal about the fishing trade! The museum is situated in a former herring smoke house, so a lot of the building still smells like smoked fish. It is in the very fabric of the building - much like the industry was to the town.
From there we went to see some old Row houses. Rows were narrow streets, and these houses are unique in that they are the last of their kind. They were bombed during WWII but were restored by English Heritage. Compared to the Time and Tide Museum, the Row Houses lacked interpretation and warmth. It was a shame, but I have noticed that with a few other English Heritage properties. Must be a policy of some kind.
We caught the train back to London via Norwich, and were home by 10pm. A busy, but very relaxing weekend. :-)
A weekend in Great Yarmouth - Piccies!
For some reason, the pics I have selected to put in just come up in html code. In other words, I don't know which is which! But... they are a selection of our trip to the miniature world, the beach, and the main street of Great Yarmouth.
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