The three of us enjoyed the drive to Buxton, apart from the ever present traffic jam as we turn on to the A6. We parked up in the station car park and walked to Baileys Bar and Restaurant. We were joined by Jenny and the family for a long and leisurely lunch. No dessert for me since I couldn’t finish my main course. I’ll know better next time.
It was a short walk to the Pavilion Arts Centre. We were here to watch The Wrong Trousers on a big screen, accompanied by a live brass band.
I first saw The Wrong Trousers at the National Film Theatre as part of that year’s London Film Festival. This was the support film for the main attraction, Kate Bush’s own film The Line, The Cross and the Curve. This featured songs from her then new album The Red Shoes. Kate was in attendance with a near look-alike who I wrongly assumed was her sister. Kate had black hair, her friend white. After The Wrong Trousers, Kate presented her own film and said she hoped it lived up to the animated one. Well, it was alright, featuring Miranda Richardson and Lindsay Kemp, but I’ve watched The Wrong Trousers more often since then. In an article in The Guardian in 2005, she referred to her film as ‘a load of bollocks’.
On this occasion in Buxton, we all enjoyed Wallace and Gromit’s adventures again, as well as the accompanying music played by The Fairey Band
As a prelude, the band played a few other tunes and Liesel and I agreed, we should go and see more brass bands in concert.
After the film, we walked back to the car park amd went our separate ways. Many people like and appreciate the cute little Derbyshire town, Buxton, and of course, it does have one very big fan.
This large fan window formed part of a pair of stations at Buxton which were opened in 1863 by the London & North Western and Midland Railway companies. The fan window, with its associated screen wall, is listed Grade II and is all that remains of the original London & North Western station.
Time for a Grandad and Oma boast. Here is our Keiran.
He’s the one at the front in the middle, in case you were wondering.
And it’s only fair to share a photo of Keiran’s cousin, William.
After picking William and Martha up from school, we took them to a local library where we read books, looked at books and in one case, decided they didn’t want the books that had been reserved. We’ll overlook the inspirational quote by JKR on the wall, but I like this one from Doctor Who: “You want weapons? We’re in a Library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room’s the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm Yourself!” From Tooth and Claw in Season 2, by Russell T. Davies.
Ah, but what about Martha? Well, here she is with Jenny at the theatre in Buxon a couple of days ago.
After dropping the grandchildren off at their home, Liesel, Leslie and I drove into Salford, yes, another visit to The Lowry. We had a meal at The Banana Tree which was OK but maybe a bit fast-food-ish. This time, I planned ahead, saved my self for dessert.
In The Lowry we settled down for The Ballad of Johnny and June, the story of country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter. We were to one side of the stage, so maybe not the best view, but the story was told well, from the point of view of their son John Carter Cash.
The fact that I tripped up the stairs before the interval, in the dark, is totally irrelevant.
But the music was good: I sang along occasionally despite the uxorial elbow in the ribs.
We’re all looking forward to the 2048 Olympics, and following the maiden voyage in our homemade time machine, we have an exclusive photo of the first gold medal winner from that year’s event.
Our second night out in a row this week was to our local theatre, just up the road from home. Northenden Players Theatre Club put on a performance of Dracula, the Bloody Truth, by John Nicholson. Four actors played forty different roles and they did a great job. Being on the front row could have been intimidating but it was no problem.
The costume changes were very quick, I reckon they rehearsed a lot. It was obviously derived from Bram Stoker’s novel, but it wasn’t at all scary.
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