Friday 22 February 2019

Visit to the V and A , Dundee

Courtesy of Michael Hutchinson


Friends visited this interesting museum in February.   We had a comprehensive tour of the museum, a visit to the permanent Scottish Gallery and an excellent lunch. We were fortunate to see the fabulous exhibition: Ocean Liners:  Speed and Style.
Oh to have lived like that !

Tuesday 19 February 2019

Visit to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre

Courtesy of Frances Dryburgh


Following on from the lecture given by Emily  Malcolm in November last year, thirty friends visited GMRC  to see  the ship models. These are now housed in a purpose built pod, giving adequate space for display.
They come from the last two centuries, mainly from the heyday of ship building on the  Clyde. These are remarkably detailed and precise in their construction and have been made by craftsmen.. However, there are other vessels from foreign parts. Emily drew our attention to particular aspects of each model and gave us anecdotes about them.



Courtesy of Frances Dryburgh
We had not one but two tours because John Messner then took us on a tour of marine paintings from the collection. These gave us a picture of how the Clyde has changed in the past two centuries- from a small shallow river to the basin with many ship yards and through two world wars.
We are most grateful to John and Emily for a morning “on the water”.