Clock workshop with Halewood and Kate

Halewood and Kate made a tour of Speke Hall looking at the many clocks in the house. Barry took photos of the clocks with the Polaroid camera so we could refer to them back in the education room. The next 3 images show some of the clocks photographed. The group found the clock above interesting as it showed the day, date and temperature too.
The tick tock of the clocks seem to get louder when we stopped to listen to them.
The group were keen on the decorative and patterning of many of the clocks.

The group made their own versions of clocks they made some from paper and some from real clocks that worked.
The picture below shows Jo with her paper clock, she made a Liverpool clock, showing landmarks of Liverpool and John Lennon's glasses.

The picture below shows Eddy with his clock Barry helped him with the horse decorations.
Halewood group hard at work on the clock workshop.
Barrys working clock with faces of the group.

Below is Eddys paper clock with many hands and faces.
Toms paper clock which he signed, we noticed that many of the clocks in Speke Hall had the makers name on the face and many were made in Liverpool.
Toms real clock this was made using an aluminium steel pastry cutter to make it more 3D and collaging clock face from one of the Speke Hall clocks. Barrys paper clock used sand and glitter to create texture.

Tour of the hall, Kate Allen, James Loftus and Michael Loftus with the Liverpool 8 Group

Liverpool 8 group tour Speke Hall, Brenda and Shelia getting the camera ready.

The group asked about this dish and were told it was Cantonese. It has images of musicians playing I wonder what the music would sound like? This is the reproduction of Miss Watts book the group liked the text I imagined smelling the lilies
Shelia asked me to photograph somethings.
Lila kept running her fingers over this handwriting.

Lila liked the drawings on the resource table of the vines which we realised were sketches for the plaster ceiling. She followed the vine patterns with her fingers.

Liverpool 8 group also liked clock faces.

Tour the hall, Kate Allen with Dovecot & Halewood groups

Several members of the group noticed clocks in the hall, Linda said I "I have one at home"The group enjoyed looking at the pictures on the table, good wheelchair height for Barry and somethings they were allowed to touch. They all liked and noticed patterns alot during the visit from the woodcarvings to the wallpaper. Below is Dawn in the Gun Room. Her favorite room was one of the bedrooms upstairs with the cot and the brushes she remembered being allowed to sit on the bed when she visited as a child, she seemed to be able to elaborate on the experience creating the idea of a past life where she had been a child from the past and said she believed in ghosts. She would like it if there was a brush she was allowed to hold in the room. Wheelchair view point, clock and dining table.
In the Billiard room another wheelchair viewpoint with the volunteer telling about Frederick Leyland. I really liked the repetition of the lamps. Group photos from the first group tour with Kate. The picture below is the group hearing about the carving of the tudor family.
The group in the great hall.
Group in the gun room.
Pic below shows Jess showing the group the tudor methods of showing respect.