The final two exhibitions of the poppies are currently available it the Imperial War Museum in London and at the newer version of the IWM in Salford Quays, Manchester, not far from the Lowry Theatre and the BBC.
As we live in the south-east of England, Claire and I will be making the trip up to London’s big city to take a look at them before they are removed the week after Armistice Day. This weekend seems as good as any and there is no football to interrupt the weekend. It’s what they term the “interlull” when club football at the upper levels takes a back seat and it’s all international matches.
The link (https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/poppies-weeping-window) will tell you all that you need to know. It’s a few years since we last went up there.
As we are on the train, I applied for a Senior Railcard. It’s get over-60’s money off the rail fares and works out at about a third. Of course, you can’t travel on peak services!! Shame as that would save me an arm and a leg getting to work!
I’ll take the Samsung camera as it fits in a pocket and takes decent enough pictures. A DSLR is rather more cumbersome and makes you look like a tourist, Even in the city where you were born. In fact, the IWM is about a mile from where I was born!
So let’s see how it pans out.
Update 9th October 2018.
Claire has a date for her hip operation and it's........ Saturday! So we won't be going this weekend or for any foreseeable date and it will have closed. I might see if I can get up there on the bike one day before it finishes.
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