tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47608273761919371722024-02-21T18:19:06.548+00:00Brighton Toy and Model MuseumA secret wonderland of toys, model railways and scale models, hiding beneath Brighton StationBrighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-8917522342291730202020-09-26T16:28:00.008+01:002020-09-26T16:29:49.360+01:00<p><b> <span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px;">WIN A <a href="www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk" target="_blank">BRIGHTON TOY AND MODEL MUSEUM</a> FAMILY TICKET FOR FREE ADMISSION FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR</span></b></p><p><b><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></b><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px;">Take part in our Toy Museum Photo Competition and win free visits to the museum as often as you like for a year!</span></p><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px;">All you have to do is bring one of your own favourite toys to the museum and take a photo with it next to your favourite toy in the museum, tag it with </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/favouritetoycomp?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDXbMUgp_duEjjfVra5rYiqueODYHOl6yXz1dvHCVBsmpgoYbMYSNERqzuTYyPJhf5S776SqgKBnR6_hAq3sLwtE5S-qqgA4l0TIMBEAxHkXCQG3FsF4QXNGVkxRROr7AM2n2Hkps3hZ46SpoY-OESVmssc94_7jHBiT8AlHOnjsKkb-AUV_Lq4EkmATtx_iAf1gAFX3iG_1KDb9RoFKN3pRXokVMrkw3zD81ehZgMV-bSSTp_-z2NruQ-I65mbLgM1Vcs95-O_zvs4amOcRSlQgV489Bf6HBrUePnheZQxiPVRJ4VuL7QTCNNmBbh-KVBo9I73_NZ9qLo&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="background-color: white; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">FavouriteToyComp</span></span></a><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 14px;"> and post it on Twitter or Instagram. The best one will win a FREE ANNUAL FAMILIY TICKET! That’s free admissio</span><span class="text_exposed_show" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;">n for two adults and three children as often as you like for an entire year!</span></p><p><span class="text_exposed_show" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><br />@ us on <a href="https://twitter.com/thetoymuseum" target="_blank">@TheToyMuseum</a> on Twitter or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brightontoymuseum/" target="_blank">@BrightonToyMuseum</a> on Instagram with the hashtag <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/favouritetoycomp?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDXbMUgp_duEjjfVra5rYiqueODYHOl6yXz1dvHCVBsmpgoYbMYSNERqzuTYyPJhf5S776SqgKBnR6_hAq3sLwtE5S-qqgA4l0TIMBEAxHkXCQG3FsF4QXNGVkxRROr7AM2n2Hkps3hZ46SpoY-OESVmssc94_7jHBiT8AlHOnjsKkb-AUV_Lq4EkmATtx_iAf1gAFX3iG_1KDb9RoFKN3pRXokVMrkw3zD81ehZgMV-bSSTp_-z2NruQ-I65mbLgM1Vcs95-O_zvs4amOcRSlQgV489Bf6HBrUePnheZQxiPVRJ4VuL7QTCNNmBbh-KVBo9I73_NZ9qLo&__tn__=%2ANK-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">FavouriteToyComp</span></span></a> and we’ll select a winner from all the tagged photos on the 19th of December.<br />We can’t wait to see all your photos of your favourite toys! And don’t forget to follow the hashtag to see what other people’s photos look like.</span></p><p><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #385898;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1A8MkifvOSySXFInMh8Je8sUM9RuaYfMlkNCz7gMx3ZPoAHIr1GH7dAEd8RZGzeynPNiOkFAJdbGx6iTeOhAs8GmY97fvIuYMFbgjW8s2XscmJ5ADy0yYDtMb3-kb7raq9ZCLRF4nm0/s836/me%2526barbie06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="641" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1A8MkifvOSySXFInMh8Je8sUM9RuaYfMlkNCz7gMx3ZPoAHIr1GH7dAEd8RZGzeynPNiOkFAJdbGx6iTeOhAs8GmY97fvIuYMFbgjW8s2XscmJ5ADy0yYDtMb3-kb7raq9ZCLRF4nm0/w490-h640/me%2526barbie06.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-13285330480767939092019-12-07T13:47:00.000+00:002019-12-07T13:57:53.313+00:00<br />
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Looking for a change of pace during the Christmas Shopping? Why not pop into Brighton Toy Museum?</h2>
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If you’re looking for something a little bit different to do with the kids this Christmas, why not bring them along to our funky little museum based conveniently right underneath Brighton train station? We’ve got a whole wonderland of different toys, dolls, games and construction kits to look at and reminisce over, and to impress your young ‘uns with that you know what they are and how they work!<br />
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You’ll never seem more relevant than when the toys you loved as a child are now exhibits in a museum.</h4>
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We’ve got brilliant collections of all kinds of cars, trains, construction sets, stuffed toys with brilliant characterful faces and currently there’s a traditional Danish Christmas market, constructed entirely out of Lego.<br />
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Take a break from the overstimulating toys with flashing lights and electronic sounds and calm yourself with the gentle clatter of a Hornby trainset and the gentle whirr of a huge Ferris wheel hand built out of Meccano. Give yourself a minute or two to look at the stuff that kids had to play with decades ago and remember simpler times. And, if they really take your fancy, look in the museum shop to see if any are available to buy.<br />
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We don’t sell exhibits, but we do stock a fit to burst range of model trains, toy cars, Revel and Airfix model planes and tanks, books on a range of subjects, but mostly about steam trains, and postcards. We offer local tourist information for free too.<br />
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So next time you’re in Brighton and you’re looking for something to break up the day, you want to entertain the kids, or bring your own parents for a bit of a treat, come to Brighton Toy and Model Museum. You won’t be disappointed.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-76138083459687197672019-07-20T15:59:00.000+01:002019-09-14T13:06:49.012+01:00Reaching Kids In Our Community<br />
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Collect money from donors and sponsors in order to allow
underprivileged children, inc children in care, foster children, children in
families who receive benefits and use food banks, children with learning and
physical handicaps who wouldn’t normally use our facilities the chance to
bypass the cost barrier to entry. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As we are an independent charity who needs entry fees to pay
for the rent, wage bill and upkeep of the museum it’s not possible to give free
entry to children and families who don’t have the disposable income to spend on
a ticket to Brighton Toy and Model Museum. While these children and families
are the very ones who would get most out of and enjoy a fun day out at our
museum, they are kept out by our need to make enough money to keep the doors
open. It is therefore my proposal that we should approach individuals and
organisations in order to collect a Fund which is dedicated to the inclusion of
otherwise excluded members of our community. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I see the Fund being spent in several ways depending on the
success of the campaign to raise funds and the children we see as most fit to
benefit from the Fund. <o:p></o:p></div>
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1, To simply pay the price of a family ticket to applicants
from the care services for children and their adult. (research will be required
to identify care homes, foster homes & foster families, making them aware
of this opportunity)<o:p></o:p></div>
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2, To broaden the scope of our target audience to include
children with special needs who would enjoy a day out in an environment suited
to their needs, ie, we have wheelchair access, but some forms of autism require
quiet/low stimulus areas in order to be comfortable. (May require opening when
the Museum is normally closed. Pay volunteers to come in on their day off out
of The Fund?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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3, Broaden our scope further to include children of families
on a low income who can’t afford ‘luxuries’ such as a visit to our museum. Simple
leaflets & posters in the food bank should suffice if they have an
application on the bottom which parents can fill in. Copy should be worded to
avoid stigma or embarrassment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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4, Look into the possibility of using the Fund to pay for inviting
paid <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>guests to speak exclusively to
members of above mentioned sectors of our community. Initial invitees could
include people we know enjoy the museum, such as Chris Riddell, author and
illustrator, to give a class on drawing. Jane Hissey, author of the Old Bear
Stories to give a class on creative writing, etc.</div>
<br />Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-59809630638792879142019-03-16T12:23:00.002+00:002019-03-16T12:25:12.027+00:00How To Sponsor Brighton Toy And Model Museum<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> is looking for sponsorship, here's how you can help.</b></h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLDUCjFNTebxx-2iXsjfUFw52jEAmSThRWXQSIiKU0ITbUb2BRbp0XuicREd4G-uny-s8C1FWR-3laIzVdix1e3Lqf0uIcGvfl5mAZ1_g6np62l96YWb4UijVkWYnmqLNXlkbnDTQejI/s1600/DSC_4534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1204" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLDUCjFNTebxx-2iXsjfUFw52jEAmSThRWXQSIiKU0ITbUb2BRbp0XuicREd4G-uny-s8C1FWR-3laIzVdix1e3Lqf0uIcGvfl5mAZ1_g6np62l96YWb4UijVkWYnmqLNXlkbnDTQejI/s320/DSC_4534.JPG" width="320" /></a>No doubt you're aware that museums and galleries all over the country need sponsorship in order to be able to carry out their vital work keeping history alive and offering a place for our community to get in touch with their past and present in order to make a better future.<br />
Brighton Toy and Model Museum does this not only by providing a place where families can come and look at toys from the past, but also offers an opportunity for volunteers and students to gain skills, experience and contacts in the heritage and tourism sectors. We do charge admission, but in order to be able to carry out our services we also rely on sponsorship from local business and individuals.<br />
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So, what's in it for you?</h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaRPNLuFSSLrWaLapdBLvs-9Alq6rr6dMamvBv-qPqpTI0i8VS7MMAvcMHVj6tY76eGHqXWS7vhD_CHHMFJGRWdMzLTFBQZmCzjKOYadViThdHMabaEH3MVaVu5RE_atn95Qu1Iswbqs/s1600/cabinet+2.3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaRPNLuFSSLrWaLapdBLvs-9Alq6rr6dMamvBv-qPqpTI0i8VS7MMAvcMHVj6tY76eGHqXWS7vhD_CHHMFJGRWdMzLTFBQZmCzjKOYadViThdHMabaEH3MVaVu5RE_atn95Qu1Iswbqs/s200/cabinet+2.3.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuOJDVtKOJWQ-NBHhNj03NSuBNSfoUHtrRfmZQXSIgWoq8msRmOvxvIwjx98Joq7CKu7myJfC8_ThEY2blwWOtqH2l4XY9VVNcGvEIVJIka03ShfH_SVLpHw0qCqplJhrdHNFiswA9CY/s1600/21st+march+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuOJDVtKOJWQ-NBHhNj03NSuBNSfoUHtrRfmZQXSIgWoq8msRmOvxvIwjx98Joq7CKu7myJfC8_ThEY2blwWOtqH2l4XY9VVNcGvEIVJIka03ShfH_SVLpHw0qCqplJhrdHNFiswA9CY/s320/21st+march+13.jpg" width="240" /></a>Becoming a sponsor not only earns our eternal gratitude, we offer a range of other benefits too: Your charity sponsorship is tax deductible. We give you a PR4 backlink from our sponsor's page to your website. We have a number of static advertising spaces on Brighton Train Station concourse which are unavailable for other forms of advertising. These include our banner outside the entrance to the train station, swan neck poster boards on the concourse, and the exhibition cabinets currently brightening up the ticket office.<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KkcPpsTMZXc/Wy5KratodjI/AAAAAAAABuU/Qqr8La7F93oOyGBcpxZ4mpiZXU4PZG1IgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/cabinet%2B1.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1200" height="170" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KkcPpsTMZXc/Wy5KratodjI/AAAAAAAABuU/Qqr8La7F93oOyGBcpxZ4mpiZXU4PZG1IgCPcBGAYYCw/s200/cabinet%2B1.1.jpg" width="200" /></a>We're very adaptable and have a number of sponsorship packages available, so why not get in touch to see what donating to the Brighton Toy and Model Museum can do for you?<br />
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Call on 01273749494 or email <a href="mailto:jan@brightontoymuseum.co.uk">jan@brightontoymuseum.co.uk</a> or pop in for a cheeky tour around the museum and a chat about our sponsor benefits.<br />
<br />Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-8084584492620795182018-10-27T15:00:00.000+01:002018-10-27T15:00:35.765+01:00Monday Motion In The MuseumDid you come to the Kinetic Carousel event we held on Monday?<br />
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Last week <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> opened specially on a Monday. It was half term and we had a Brighton Science event so we thought 'why not open all day?' And it was a great success for all involved, and, as often happens, the adults actually outnumbered the children!<br />
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The Kinetic Carousel is a rubber band powered toy which, once you have wound it up, spins wildly. The toy is designed to achieve several principles of science, including stored potential energy being converted into mechanical energy, and the spectrum. The theory being that if you colour in the roof all the colours of the rainbow, when it spins they merge together and appear white.<br />
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The design in the manual suggested the traditional horse motif for the outside of the carousel, but Brighton's children are a little more imaginative than that, so, we had a variety of carousels, including Abstract Pattern Carousels, and a designer who clearly had little faith in the project, who created a Flying Pig Carousel.<br />
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We regularly take part in local and national events, including <a href="http://museumsatnight.org.uk/" target="_blank">Museums at Night</a>,<a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/" target="_blank"> Brighton Science Festival</a>, Half Term and school holiday events, and exhibitions by the students of the<a href="https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton" target="_blank"> Brighton MET college.</a><br />
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<br />Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-70207532259178221252018-10-27T13:03:00.000+01:002018-10-27T13:03:00.830+01:00The October VIP Running Day Photo BlogIt’s been so busy here at Brighton Toy and Model Museum that it hasn’t been possible until now to share the pictures we took during our last running day.<br />
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We love our running days, it’s so good to see the trains going through their paces and get a really great view of the models and layouts without the Perspex. It seems like such a minor thing, but without the screens all of the trains, buildings, bridges and cars seem just that little bit more visceral.<br />
The running day was a VIP event, meaning we had a roped off area for our special guests where they could chat and enjoy the cakes and pastries laid on for us by Real Patisserie. <br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-61844311998688402572018-10-20T14:17:00.000+01:002018-10-20T14:31:07.174+01:00A Pie And A Pint And Museums At Night<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We just wanted to say a huge ‘thank you’ to <a href="https://www.higgidy.co.uk/pies" target="_blank">Higgidy Pies</a> and
<a href="https://bedlambrewery.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bedlam Brewery</a> for the generous donations they’re making for our Museums at
Night event, Two Halves of Guinness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The idea for a pie, a pint and a performance came from
Trevor Littledale, the star of the show (and our founder Chris’ brother) and
since we all at the museum love to watch a show with a pie and a pint in our
hands, we thought this was fab!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Life Examined</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The show centres on the well beloved actor Sir Alec Guinness’
introspection at the time of the release of Star Wars. Sir Alec himself was in
no way fond of the movie, and worried that it would be his lasting swansong. He
dreaded being remembered for a part he had no liking for. He’d had a career which
had lasted several decades, and included roles such as the entire <span style="background: white; color: #545454;">D'Ascoyne</span>
family in Kind Hearts and Coronets, the eponymous Man in the White Suit and Colonel
Nicholson in Bridge on the River Kwai, the role for which he won his first
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being immortalised as a mystic who spouted “florid, breathless
and embarrassing” lines was something that made him “shrivel up a little.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Guinness had converted to Catholicism in 1956 and tended to
consider the role of a Jedi mystic something of a fraud. He said in an interview
with Talk magazine while promoting his autobiography ‘A Positively Final
Appearance’ that it was his idea to kill off Ben because: <span style="background: white; color: #121212; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;">"I just couldn't go on speaking those
bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo."</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The show Two Halves of Guinness is Brighton Toy and Model
Museum’s Museums at Night event. In the past we’ve had great fun with Museums
at Night. It’s an opportunity for museums to do something a little out of the ordinary
to appeal to people who might not necessarily be interested in museums and
galleries to come along and get involved. One year your correspondent bought up
all the Barbies and Sindys he could find in every charity shop so that we could
make dresses, give them makeovers and make them a little more relatable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pie, a pint and a performance be without a pie and a pint?</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Higgidy Pies are a local pie company who make a variety of
delicious pies and pastries, and they’ve given us enough pies (both veggie and
meaty) to sustain the hungriest of audience member for the evening. (check out
their website, they’re not stingy with<a href="https://www.higgidy.co.uk/recipes/featured" target="_blank"> their recipes</a> for all kinds of pies,
pastries and confectionary either!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Likewise, Bedlam Brewery, again <a href="https://bedlambrewery.co.uk/shop/" target="_blank">a local company making fine bitters,ales, and lagers</a> who’re helping us out by letting us have crates of the stuff
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We really are grateful, as it’s contributions like these
that let us do things that would otherwise be outside our scope thanks to
expense and inconvenience. You guys are great and we’re looking forward to
putting on many more events with your help. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To book your ticket, please follow this <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/two-halves-of-guinness-tickets-46842188246" target="_blank">eventbrite link</a></span></div>
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<br />Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-1112258233440899092018-08-25T14:50:00.000+01:002018-08-25T15:05:36.255+01:00Opening Night at The Toy Museum Folk ClubThe Toy Museum Folk Club kicked off last night with two brilliant sets, first from Jack Harris, and then the headline act Jess Morgan.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/jackharrismusic/" target="_blank">Jack Harris</a> is an accomplished singer songwriter with a number of well regarded albums under his belt. Haunting vocals and enchanting lyrics, telling stories that everyone could easily relate to.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jessmorgan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jess Morgan</a> is widely regarded as one of the finest and most uncompromising performers on the British folk scene today. She tours relentlessly (even in Whitby) and her engaging, thought provoking songs are welcomed wherever she goes. Her songs are acutely observed ballads concerning love, loss and redemption, and it was a joy to see her playing live in such an intimate venue as Brighton Toy and Model Museum.In the run-up to Christmas we have many more confirmed shows taking place at the Toy Museum Folk Club, each will be appearing after an appropriate support act who will be confirmed as each date approaches. To stay informed about who will be on, do follow our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Brighton.Toy.Museum/events/" target="_blank">facebook events</a> page (which includes details for all other events happening at <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a>) or join us on <a href="https://twitter.com/thetoymuseum" target="_blank">Twitter</a> where we regularly share updates and news. We look forward to many more fabulous nights at the <a href="http://folkroom.co.uk/toy-museum-folk-club/" target="_blank">Toy Museum Folk Club</a> and sincelerly hope you will join us too!<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-5191296974056620902018-08-20T13:28:00.000+01:002018-08-18T14:25:47.020+01:00Alive with Music, History, Science and Theatre<h4>
We’re pleased to announce our summer/autumn schedule of events. After such a successful and full spring/summer we needed a little break, but now we’re back with a completely different flavour. During the Brighton Festival Fringe we hosted a number of different shows, including comedy, magic and authors. The staff played a huge role in making this a successful Fringe, with many of the shows selling out. Buoyed up and excited with that under our belts, now on with the new.</h4>
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<a href="http://www.brightontoymusuem.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> is now working closely with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Folkroom/about/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Folk Room</a>, a part of <a href="http://folkroom.co.uk/" target="_blank">Folk Room Records</a>, hosting many of their signings’ live events in our upper arch. The space is perfect for unplugged folk as it is so intimate, and the acoustics so rich that many previous performers have commented on what a great place to play it is.<br />
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All the information on the performances from August through to November can be found on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Brighton.Toy.Museum/events/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Facebook Events Page</a>, but for quick reference they are:<br />
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*<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/168840133964863/" target="_blank">August 24</a>, <a href="http://www.jessmorgan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jess Morgan</a><br />
*<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1822788244691775/" target="_blank">September 7</a>, <a href="http://www.jimmyandsidduo.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith</a><br />
*<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/205490076737001/" target="_blank">September 22</a>, <a href="http://www.ewanmclennan.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ewan McLennan</a><br />
*<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/173375096683306/" target="_blank">October 6</a>, <a href="http://www.emilymaewinters.com/" target="_blank">Emily Mae Winters</a><br />
*<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2183515641869922/" target="_blank">November 9</a>, <a href="https://www.mairearadandanna.com/" target="_blank">Mairearad & Anna</a><br />
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Folk Room have done so much it’s been incredible. It’s a privilege to work with people who have such commitment and dedication to folk music.<br />
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Heritage Open Day</h3>
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As well as these fantastic gigs, we’re also putting on several other events which should be of interest to all, not just those who are folk fans. Firstly we’re putting on anther <a href="https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/" target="_blank">Heritage Open Day</a> on September 15 where you will be able to take a guided tour around the museum by people who know much more about the building and its history than just its toys. You can find out about the building’s history as a stables and depot for Bass Breweries, how it was bought two and a half decades ago by our founder Chris Littledale and converted into the museum as it is now. And of course you’ll find out about our favourite pieces in the collections. Tours will take place at 5.45pm 6.15pm and 6.45pm<br />
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If heritage were to have an opposite, it would surely be looking into the future, and that’s exactly what he try to do when we host <a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/" target="_blank">Brighton Science Festival’s</a> 'Kids In Science' events. This spring we had an absolutely fantastic time with our <a href="http://brightontoyandmodelmuseum.blogspot.com/2018/01/exciting-science-at-toy-museum.html" target="_blank">balloon car races and making moving images</a>. With that in mind, we’re especially keen to open our door yet again to the kids, and their parents, who make this such a great event. Brighton Science Festival exists to show that the sciences can be fun, and make up every part of our lives, rather than being the preserve of the chemistry or physics laboratory. This autumn's Kids in Science events will take place on October 22, with a 'Kinetic Carousel's' theme.<br />
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Two Halves of Guinness</h3>
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And Last, but far from least, we have the intimate portrayal of Sir Alec Guinness in <a href="http://brightontoyandmodelmuseum.blogspot.com/2018/06/two-halves-of-guinness-at-museum.html" target="_blank">Two Halves of Guinness</a>, a one man show by Trevor Littledale. The play looks, from his own point of view, at the career of Alec Guinness shortly after the release of Star Wars. He worried that this blockbuster might define his career, leaving his performances in films such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Man in the White Suit, and Kind Hearts and Coronets forgotten.<br />
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For all booking details visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Brighton.Toy.Museum/events/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Facebook events page</a> or call us on 01273 749494 for further details.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-87901274778390245672018-06-23T14:37:00.000+01:002018-06-23T14:41:47.591+01:00Get Aboard the Community Rail Partnership <h4>
Brighton Toy and Model Museum is enjoying some fantastic publicity thanks to our new sponsors and the<a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/" target="_blank"> Sussex Community Rail Partnership</a>. </h4>
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Earlier this year we were incredibly proud and privileged to sign up with Brighton Station, becoming the first signatory to their <a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/what-we-do/" target="_blank">Community Rail Partnership Agreement</a>. Under this agreement we get to display a banner at the station entrance directing visitors and residents of Brighton and Hove to our venue, so whether you’re looking for us specifically, or you’re just visiting and looking for something to do, you know where we are. We also have a Swan Neck, a portable billboard which stands on the station concourse which directs visitors to Brighton toward our location.<br />
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We also have display cabinets in the booking office containing several items of our collection. Nobody likes queueing, and these displays offer a little something to look at and attract interest as you wait your turn. And it’s these display cabinets we’re looking to find sponsors for.<br />
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Annual Sponsorship Deals Bring Excellent Returns</h3>
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We’re currently offering a one year sponsorship deal for £500. For this, not only will you get to display your company name in a location that is normally unavailable for advertising and marketing, you get a place on the <a href="https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/our-sponsors/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum Sponsor’s Page</a> (through testing we’ve found that links from our official museum site are incredibly good for SEO).<br />
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Jan Etches, Deputy Museum Manager and driving force behind getting Brighton Toy and Model Museum on board the Community Rail Partnership Agreement said “This is a fantastic opportunity to let people know where the museum is whilst creating partnerships with Brighton Railway Station and other local businesses.”<br />
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Brighton Station is the 9th busiest in the UK, outside London, and sponsorship would mean placing your company name on one of the cabinets. This space isn’t available to traditional display advertising as it is only for the use of Network Rail and their partners such as Govia Thameslink and Southern Rail. However, through your sponsorship you will be contributing to a Sussex Community Rail Partnership member, thereby allowing you to have your business name displayed alongside our exhibit.<br />
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To take up sponsorship, please call the Deputy Museum Manager, Jan Etches on 01273 749494 for more details and restrictions.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-30316609398159610912018-06-09T14:35:00.001+01:002018-06-09T14:43:55.890+01:00Two Halves of Guinness at the MuseumAnyone less than 50 (and many people older) will have seen <a href="https://www.starwars.com/" target="_blank">Star Wars</a>. As well as seeing the movies, most of us will have collected the toys, models and other merchandise which went along with the film’s success.<br />
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One of the film’s main protagonists (the donor/mentor according to Todorov and Propp) was Obi Wan Kenobi, a mystical wizard cum knight tutor played by famed British character actor <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/" target="_blank">Alec Guinness</a>. Despite having worked on stage and in film for decades, Guinness was famously worried that his part in Star Wars would be his defining role, leaving his portrayal of the entire D’Ascoyne family in <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kind_hearts_and_coronets/" target="_blank">Kind Hearts and Coronets</a>, of Sidney Stratton in <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_in_the_white_suit/" target="_blank">The Man in the White Suit</a>, and even his playing of Colonel Nicholson in <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bridge_on_the_river_kwai/" target="_blank">The Bridge on the River Kwai</a>, for which he won an academy award, forgotten. According to Guinness’ son Matthew, when Sir Alec met a child fan who said he had seen the Star Wars ‘a hundred times’ he said to the young chap “Well, do you think you could promise never to watch it again?”<br />
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The one man play Two Halves of Guinness, performed by <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Trevor_Littledale" target="_blank">Trevor Littledale</a>, finds us meeting Guinness in a cosy bar as he faces crippling insecurity after taking part in the creation of the Sci-Fi epic. Not only does it inspect the actor’s personal anxieties, it also looks at the relationship he had with other British acting luminaries such as Olivier and Coward, his conversion to Catholicism, his upbringing, the war, and the premonitions he often had, leading to the warning he gave <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_James_Dean" target="_blank">James Dean</a> on the night before his fatal car accident.<br />
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Littledale characterises Guinness perfectly, using miniscule body movements and changes in expression and voice to become another character within the monologue. The ‘two halves’ of the title refers to the two distinct sides of Guinness’ personality; the dark, anxious, insecure side brought about by being born illegitimate to an alcoholic mother and never really knowing who his father was, being taken constantly from digs to boarding houses while he was growing up, adding to his sense of vulnerability. The other half, the lighter side, looks at his life as an entertainer. How, once he’d decided to become an actor, he simply looked up John Gielgud in the directory and phoned him to ask for acting lessons. Gielgud was unable to oblige personally, but the two became firm friends.<br />
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The play is being performed in Brighton Toy and Model Museum, a space which lends itself well to the performance as Trevor feels that the proximity of the audience to the actor adds vital intimacy to the play as it unfolds.<br />
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For booking information and to buy tickets for the show when it is staged in October, simply <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/two-halves-of-guinness-tickets-46842188246?aff=efbeventtix" target="_blank">follow the link to Eventbrite</a><br />
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Blog by Dan Cash, opinions are author's own.<br />
<br />Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-20575758248974842222018-05-26T14:03:00.003+01:002018-05-26T16:17:46.921+01:00Tea And Cake Anyone?<h2>
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<a href="https://volunteersweek.org/" target="_blank">National Volunteers Week</a> is an annual occasion where people who give up their time for free to organisations all over the UK are recognised for their efforts and the richness they add to their local communities.<br />
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Many organisations simply wouldn’t be able to run if it weren’t for the generosity of time and labour that the volunteering minded give. When we think of the voluntary sector we immediately think of people who work in charity shops and animal shelters, but there are a staggering number of ongoing projects which would be impossible to maintain without volunteers. From reading to people who have sight problems to the WRVS who help elderly people enjoy a productive and valuable social life.<br />
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Another sector that relies heavily on volunteers for its survival is the heritage sector. Many museums and galleries are independently run on incredibly narrow margins and wouldn’t be able to operate at all if it weren’t for the contribution that volunteers make. And <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> is no exception. Each year we take on volunteers and work experience candidates from the local area, and all over Europe. Our international volunteers work here as part of their tertiary education, getting real life experience working in a tourist venue, speaking English (and helping out immeasurably when our visitors share the same first language), making friends and making a valuable contribution to the running of the museum.<br />
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Our British volunteers add their many skills to the mix too, selling tickets, offering free tourist information, assisting in the archiving and cataloguing of the museum’s many thousands of exhibits, and getting involved with events such as <a href="http://museumsatnight.org.uk/" target="_blank">Museums at Night</a>, <a href="https://www.brightonfringe.org/" target="_blank">Brighton Festival Fringe</a>, The <a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/" target="_blank">Brighton Science Festival</a> and the <a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/" target="_blank">Sussex Rail Community Partnership</a>. Even if it were possible to stay open without the help of our volunteers, it would be impossible for it to engage with the community and offer a fraction as much as it does. And National Volunteers’ Week is an opportunity to show our appreciation to the people whose work makes our work possible.<br />
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During National Volunteers’ Week every day will be <a href="https://volunteersweek.org/get-involved/events/every-day-is-tea-and-cake-day/" target="_blank">tea and cake day</a> for all of our helpers. Because most volunteers only come in on the same day every week, it’s quite possible for people who have been working here for ages to never meet other volunteers because they always work different days. So we’re offering tea and cake to all of our volunteers every day. Drop in, enjoy some of Brighton’s finest pastry confections and finally get to meet a few of the other people who do so much to keep the heritage of play and childhood memories alive. How cool is that?<br />
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National Volunteers’ Week Goes from June 1st to June 7th. If you’ve got free time and you’d like to become a hero of the local community, why not <a href="http://www.communitybase.org/volunteers" target="_blank">see what volunteering can do for you</a>?<br />
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Blog by Dan Cash, all opinions author's own.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-76992193785193928932018-05-19T15:59:00.000+01:002018-05-26T14:04:17.736+01:00Why A Rainy Day Is A Great Reason To Do Indoor Things In BrightonSummer means fun, summer means barbecues on the beach, shorts and bikini tops, sunbathing in the garden or park and <a href="https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/travel-transport-and-road-safety/brighton-hoves-bike-share-scheme" target="_blank">long bike rides with friends</a>.<br />
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Summer also means wet bank holidays, grey, windy weekends where the kids are stuck indoors and long summer holidays where you’re in charge of a houseful of people who are all looking at you for something to entertain them. Over the past few years we’ve all felt a little cheated; the weather in late spring has been fine so we’ve got ourselves all geared up for a great summer, only to find it wet and blustery.<br />
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We’re used to seeing front page headlines in the papers with their fanfares of scorching record summer temperatures accompanied by pictures of the Brighton seafront so crowded that it’s near impossible to move, but what about the legendary ‘miserable bank holiday weekend’ where the sun can barely push its face past the gloom and grey?<br />
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If you’ve got kids you’ll know how frustrating it is to have to keep them in when they’re busting to get out and do something, so why not think about some of the great things to do on a wet weekend in Brighton? If you’re coming from outside of town, hoping for sunshine and lollipops only to find it’s a day for hot soup and pacamacs, or you’re local but you’ve just stumped for thigs to do, why not take a look at some of these “off the beaten track” indoorsy things to do on a rainy day in Brighton?<br />
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First of all there’s the <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a>. Located directly under the train station it’s easy to find without scampering about in the wet. The museum is home to thousands of individual exhibits which will bring back all kinds of memories of childhood and play. There are often many different things going on, such as running days where many rare model trains can be seen racing about the tracks. Activity packs are available to inspire children to explore and get much more out of the exhibits. It also has a tourist information point in the foyer so you can ask for tips on where to go and plan what to do next.<br />
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Brighton also has dozens of galleries. Just down the street from Brighton Toy and model Museum you will find <a href="https://dynamitegallery.com/" target="_blank">Dynamite Gallery</a> where you can see superb work by some of the best contemporary local artist. “Best contemporary local artists” might not mean much in many places, but in Brighton where there is such a vibrant artistic community, fed by universities and colleges with excellent art programmes, you can be sure they will be very good indeed. Just around the corner is <a href="https://onca.org.uk/" target="_blank">Onca</a>, a gallery dedicated to work that highlights environmental issues by featuring exhibits and events produced by people who are dedicated to bringing about progressive change. Then there are <a href="https://bozboz.gallery/" target="_blank">BozBoz Gallery</a> which again is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary modern art and <a href="https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/" target="_blank">Phoenix Gallery</a> which not only exhibits art by local artists, but provides more than 100 studio spaces where they can work, meaning that there is never any shortage of the finest painting, sculpture, design and textile work on display.<br />
If you’re in Brighton with the kids, they might not be so interested in looking at art, so why not take them to the trampoline park or for an afternoon’s lasertag?<br />
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Located just outside Brighton is Sussex’s <a href="https://skyhightrampolinepark.co.uk/" target="_blank">Skyhigh trampoline park</a> which a variety of different packages for adults and children depending on the size and ages of the groups. They also offer fitness and toning classes as well as quieter sessions for children who prefer to bounce without whistles and music.<br />
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<a href="http://www.laserzone.co.uk/brighton/" target="_blank">Brighton’s Laserzone</a> is at the bottom of the street straight down from the train station and just across the road from the beach. Themed on a crashed spaceship which is surrounded by a hostile environment and even more hostile enemies, the venue caters for individuals, small or large groups, even corporate events. <br />
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If you’re the kind of person who’s more interested in making friends with creatures from another world, how about the <a href="https://www.visitsealife.com/brighton/" target="_blank">Sealife Centre</a>? There are many beautiful creatures bobbing about, including phenomenally huge spider crabs, massive sharks, and black pacu. There are also little rays and starfish who will shake your hand and octopus who are said to be as clever as your pet dog. (But they never come when you whistle.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.rth.org.uk/" target="_blank">Regency Town House</a> is a fascinating restoration of a terraced house which has been brought back to its original grandeur. It’s a peek behind the doors of history, celebrating not only the experiences of the wealthy and powerful, but the realities of lives lived by the more humble members of society. Part of what they do is ‘Period Cooking’ using recipes and ingredients which would have been available to Brightonians in the time of the Prince Regent.<br />
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If you’re down in Brighton during the <a href="https://brightonfestival.org/" target="_blank">Brighton Festival</a> and <a href="https://www.brightonfringe.org/" target="_blank">Brighton Festival Fringe</a> you’ll find many of the parks and open spaces have theatres, stalls and all kinds of events set up for your entertainment. As well as this, there are many shows in theatres, bars, streets and then there’s the Artists’ Open Houses. A great opportunity to see art and sculpture that artists have created displayed in homes, cafes, and galleries throughout the city. Also a great opportunity to snoop around people’s homes, if you like that kind of thing. You’ll need to go online or pick up a listings paper to find out what’s going on as there are so many events it’s impossible to keep track.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-36416892278550931742018-04-16T12:45:00.001+01:002018-04-16T13:27:43.568+01:00Say No To Plastic, Better By DesignToday we’re welcoming design students from the Brighton MET College as they install their No To Plastic exhibition.<br />
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A few weeks ago we invited students from the design department along to<a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> to look at old fashioned design and manufacturing. It was noticed that in the ‘Make Do and Mend’ era toys weren’t made of plastic, but metal, wood, fabric, even paper. Children would be encouraged buy toys such as Meccano to make their own toys, half the fun being the construction of the object itself.<br />
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So while we’re increasingly conscious of the need to reduce the amount of plastic we use, especially single use plastic, we are also realising the need to use sustainable and re-usable materials for the things we manufacture. It’s often observed that many things made in times gone by were built to last while today we often talk about ‘built-in obsolescence’, a process by which consumer durables are made with materials which will wear out or fail after a certain period, creating a need to replace the product which, if made of durable materials, would last far longer.<br />
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When they do fail, many of these goods end up in landfill or in the environment. Today there is a <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pacific-s-plastic-waste-zone-is-twice-as-large-as-france-2gdtlk5r8" target="_blank">plaque of plastic two to three times the size of France</a> floating in the Pacific and it’s estimated that in a few years there will actually be more plastic than fish in the sea. Obviously the solution is to reduce the amount of plastic we throw away, and to make that easier, we need to reduce the amount of plastic we use in the first place. This exhibition looks at the way products used to be produced and looks at ways of making that model viable again in a throw-away consumer driven economy.<br />
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Steve Follen, design lecturer at the <a href="https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton" target="_blank">Brighton MET College</a> said “<i>We wanted to give the students the experience of working for a real client, with strict deadlines and an evolving brief. They had to work in teams and communicate with one another, which is a key skill in any design process. We gave them a short amount of time to complete their design, which really challenged them</i>.”<br />
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And it’s interesting to see what the students have produced. Some have taken the brief to ‘re-use’ quite literally, incorporating well known iconic elements such as branding and logos into the finished product, while others have created unique objects which show no trace of their origins, giving the impression of being brand new while in reality their heritage is anything but.<br />
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Outstanding Design is Inconspicuous</h3>
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The exhibition has been so created that it fits in with all the exhibits that were already on display in the museum. Display cases have been built which look very similar to the ones we use all the time, making the exhibition flow and become one with the family favourites that we have on display every day.<br />
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If you’re interested in seeing the exhibition it’s open all the time the museum is, until the end of May. MET College students and their guests get an extra 10% discount on admission for the duration, so if you’re a MET student with ID you get an extra 10% off your student discount and any friends and family you bring will also receive a 10% discount on their admission too!<br />
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A Blog by Dan Cash, opinions and experience are the author's own.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-77497183136826474002018-03-24T16:02:00.000+00:002018-03-25T14:29:38.486+01:00Brighton Toy And Model Museum is Well MET<a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> isn’t just a repository for old toys. The idea that museums are just a place for old stuff to collect dust should be consigned to the museum! Today museums all around the world are thinking of new ways in which to connect with the communities which they represent. Museums aren’t just a collection of other people’s antiques, they contain objects of our history; relics that are part of the culture to which we all belong.<br />
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I always loved museums, that’s why I work in one now. But there are other people who felt that going to a museum was almost a form of punishment when they were at school and consequently they wouldn’t willingly set foot inside one now. And that’s an attitude which is up to all of us as museum workers to try and change. A trip to the museum should be not only educational, but fun, entertaining and informative; a treat that everyone can look forward to. Museums used to be like libraries, you had to hush, look hard at exhibits which were often poorly displayed in badly lit cabinets, and NO TOUCHING!<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museum has always striven to dispel this image of reliquary. Toys are made to be fun, and while we can’t let everybody play with all the models we have, we do have interactive toys and machines, and during school visits children can play with some of the toys we keep as resources. We use that play to teach about several key stage subjects, such as the science and technology involved in construction, motion and propulsion. We don’t just exhibit old toys to conjure up memories. We also get involved in educational programmes such as <a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/" target="_blank">Brighton Science Fest</a>, where all kinds of learning is cleverly disguised as play! <a href="https://brightontoyandmodelmuseum.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/brighton-science-festival-was.html" target="_blank">During SciFest kids thought they were playing making balloon powered race cars out of recyclable odds and ends and moving images</a> from zoetropes. In fact they were learning about planning, strategy, construction, friction and drag, stored energy, optics and the persistence of vision.<br />
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It’s not just the young learners who we want to get more out of our museum. We want older children and young adults to think of the Toy Museum as something that they can get involved with too. This year we’re taking on work experience staff members so they can get a feel of the way a tourist attraction is run as a business, and <a href="https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/art-16-19" target="_blank">exhibiting work by Brighton MET College art students.</a> We are looking forward to providing space for artists from <a href="https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton" target="_blank">Brighton MET</a> to exhibit their work as we feel this is a brilliant opportunity for artists to display their work in front of an audience made up not only of their peers, but of the general public who might not usually make it to exhibitions held on the college premises.<br />
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And we’re very excited about the <a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/" target="_blank">Community Rail Partnership</a> we’ve signed with Govia Thameslink as it will enable us to promote the exhibitions, such as those we’re working on with Brighton MET, to commuters, visitors, and all those who pass through Brighton Station. The Community Rail Partnership will mean that we can put up posters promoting the events which we are hosting, on the station concourse. We will also be able to provide two display cabinets in the booking office so people will have the chance to have a taste of our locally themed exhibits while they wait to buy their train tickets.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-92122343811383563132018-03-21T15:44:00.001+00:002018-03-21T15:45:18.269+00:00Brighton Toy and Model Museum In Ground-breaking New Community Rail Partnership With Brighton Railway Station<br />
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At midday 21st March 2018 <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> founder, Chris Littledale signed up to the <a href="https://communityrail.org.uk/" target="_blank">Community Rail Partnership agreement</a>, along with Anthony Dowsett, <a href="https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/" target="_blank">Govia Thameslink</a> Railway Station Manager, and Catherine Simmons, <a href="http://www.sussexcrp.org/" target="_blank">Sussex Community Rail Partnership</a>. Brighton Toy and Model Museum is the first organisation that this programme has taken on board and the staff at the toy museum are all very excited about what the project will mean for the museum and the wider Brighton and Hove community in general.<br />
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As part of the agreement Brighton Toy and Model Museum will gain access to advertising and promotional space all over <a href="https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/stations/brighton" target="_blank">Brighton Station</a>, including 'Swan Neck' poster displays on the main concourse and banners on the station railings, visible as you leave the station and head down to the beach. We will also be displaying pieces from our collection in cabinets in the ticket office so travellers will have something interesting to look at and spark their enthusiasm as they wait to book their tickets. This is a great opportunity for Brighton Toy and Model Museum as it allows us to reach local people and visitors to Brighton alike. So many people say “I go past the museum every day, but I've never been in,” and now we can reach out to them, giving them a little bit of the museum while they do something else.<br />
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What It Means For The Railway Station<br />
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Because we're located <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ8WnD_3Y44" target="_blank">directly underneath Brighton Railway Station</a>, it's always been an ambition of ours to form a friendly relationship with the station owners. The station isn't just a place you pass through on your way somewhere else, it's a place to meet, to part, and to spend time together with friends and family as you see one another off, or have a coffee while you make plans for your visit to our beautiful city. Our commitment to Brighton Train Station will mean that we supply an exhibition which is entertaining and interesting, which reflects the role played by rail in the development and popularity of Brighton and Hove, and where that relationship between trains and the people they serve is headed in the future.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museum is working hard to become <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/venue-hire/" target="_blank">the best quirky, unique venue for arts and entertainment in the city</a>. As well as corporate events and special days geared to model rail enthusiasts, we are now a venue for <a href="https://www.brightonfringe.org/" target="_blank">Brighton Festival Fringe</a>. This year we are playing host to a plethora of performers from comedy to theatre including local talent from Hubble Bubble Productions, Adriano Fettucini and the well-loved children’s author <a href="https://www.janehissey.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jane Hissey</a>. As well as being a performance space, we will also be hosting an exhibition of work created by students at <a href="https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton" target="_blank">Brighton MET College</a>. This will give the young designers the perfect opportunity to design, create and curate an exhibition of their work to the general public during the Fringe Festival.<br />
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Having this agreement with Brighton Railway Station means that we will be able to promote, market and display all these activities to the community as they pass through the train station, and as we're so conveniently located, we hope that they will all come down and support us and the work that we do to preserve childhood memories and local railway heritage.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-63325777961788726822018-02-17T16:53:00.001+00:002018-02-24T11:33:38.760+00:00Brighton Science Festival Was Incredibly Moving!This week was <a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/" target="_blank">Brighton Science Festival</a>, an event intended to get children and young people interested in all fields of the sciences. There were different things going on throughout Brighton and Hove and beyond where kids could get involved in making a range of different toys and devices using scientific principles, and maybe developing new skills and areas of personal interest too.<br />
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There were events not only in museums and libraries, but in theatres, bars, arches and meeting spaces all over town. There were workshops making Rube Goldberg machines, studying astronomy, STEM masterclasses, coding, and robotics to name but a tiny few. We at <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> decided to make and race balloon cars made of odds and ends that would otherwise be destined for the recycling bin on Monday and to make moving pictures on Friday.<br />
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The balloon cars were made to demonstrate the storage of energy; blowing up the balloons turns chemical energy made in the body from our food, into potential energy stored in the rubber of the balloon which, when released, produces forward motion thanks to Newton’s Third law.<br />
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Our engineers tried several different designs. They tried different chassis alignments, one, two, even three balloons attached to the same car, different sizes of balloons and raced against one another in several heats to determine which was the best. As you can see from the pictures, we had quite a full house and many races had to be run. In fact, we had so many enquiries we could have had three times as many competitors if we’d only had the room, so next year we plan on running events in the morning AND afternoon so that everyone gets to have a go.<br />
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Every bit as much fun was the moving pictures project. We made a variety of different devices which created the optical illusion of motion. Firstly, and most simply we made thaumatropes. These are disks of card with picture on either side. Spin the disk and the two images appear as one. Once we’d cracked that, it was on to making phenakistascopes. Several pictures are drawn in sequence on a circle of card, and when you look at the spinning disk through pre-cut slots in a mirror the pictures appear to be moving.<br />
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Taking this a step further, and again using the persistence of vision we made zoetropes. These are cylinders with slits cut in the outside which spin. Looking through the slits at a sequence of pictures which have been mounted inside makes a moving image which can be viewed by several people at once.<br />
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The first of each of these we made using templates and pre-drawn designs, but once we’d all got the idea behind how they worked we all got on with drawing our own movies! We based them on the things we see around us, some were inspired by the trains we have running around the museum, others were sparked by the weather and my favourite was typically Brighton, a burger being stolen by some seagulls!<br />
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We’ll be holding similar events at the museum all through the year. We’re a venue for<a href="https://www.brightonfringe.org/" target="_blank"> Brighton Festival Fringe</a>, we invite people along after dark during <a href="http://museumsatnight.org.uk/" target="_blank">Museums at Nigh</a>t and have guest entertainers on a regular basis. If you’re interested in any of these kinds of diversions or you’re looking for things to do in Brighton then just like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Brighton.Toy.Museum/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/thetoymuseum" target="_blank">Twitter</a> where you can get all the latest news straight from the bear’s mouth.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-28048643356956695832018-01-13T14:23:00.000+00:002018-01-13T14:23:21.093+00:00Exciting Science at the Toy Museum<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In February we Brighton Toy and Model Museum will be inviting all young scientists and engineers to take part in our little bit of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BrightonScience/" target="_blank">Brighton Science Festival</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve done this kind of thing before, and we know it’s been a roaring success in the past. It was great fun for all involved and that’s why we were keen to get making fun science again. On <b><a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/events/balloon-car-racers/" target="_blank">Monday the twelfth of February</a></b> we will be opening on a Monday especially to have our Balloon Car day. To be frank, it knocks spots off of Formula One in terms of creativity and competition. First you need to design and build your balloon car out of parts that have been taken from the most reliable sources of balloon car engineering: the recycling bin. Then, once your magnificent machine has been engineered and finely tuned, it’s time to race! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who’s got the biggest puff? Is it enough when your opponent’s car is lighter and nippier? Will it make the course, or will it veer off wildly and never make it to the finishing line? Will you go home carried shoulder high and lauded by all of Brighton? Or will you face a walk of shame? There’s only one way to find out…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the taught excitement of the balloon car races we’ll be taking the adrenalin down a notch with lessons in creating the moving image. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may think that movies started with the Lumiere brothers or maybe the magic lantern, but in reality there have been many different mechanical methods of making pictures appear to move. Starting with simple thaumatropes, discs with a picture on each side that, when spun on a string, appeared to merge together. A more advanced method of creating movement was the phenakistoscope, a slotted disc which would spin on an axis, which would create the illusion of movement when viewed against a mirror. This in turn was superseded by the zoetrope, a device which can be viewed by several people at the same time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During this session, held on<b> <a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/events/thaumatropes-phenakistoscopes-zoetropes/" target="_blank">Friday, the sixteenth of February</a></b>, we will be making all three of these examples. You’ll need to draw the frames that make up the action, create the right device for the job and then set the whole lot going. We’ll give you the resources and expertise needed to make these toys using our experience from having had fun making these things in the past. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Admission to the museum will be at the usual price; Adult £6.50, child £4.00, concessions £5.50, family £14 (up to 2 adults and 3 children). Booking for these events is required as we will be using materials that we don’t usually keep in the museum and we need to know how many to expect to supply accordingly. You can book by calling in advance on 01273 749494 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For all booking information, our location etc. just go to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Brighton.Toy.Museum/" target="_blank">facebook</a> events page for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1811574965806494/" target="_blank">Balloon Car Race</a> or the <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/385762648515139/" target="_blank">Thaumatropes, Phenakistoscopes and Zoetropes</a>. Or why not come to both? Fun and excitement is a cert.</span></span><br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-1660875500219669952017-12-16T15:16:00.000+00:002017-12-16T15:18:04.141+00:00Our Huge Bequest of Trucks, Trains and Collectible CarsEvery now and then something truly extraordinary happens at the museum. This week we were asked by City Council staff members to help out with a house clearance as the resident had been a keen toy collector and they wanted to ensure that the collections went to the right place.<br />
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Godfrey Barnes, a Brighton and Hove resident passed away in September and had built up a large collection of <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Corgi_Toys" target="_blank">Corgi trucks</a> and <a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Hornby_Series" target="_blank">Hornby trainsets</a> over the years in hopes that the resale value would cover the expenses of his funeral. Unfortunately, Mr Barnes died before those sales could be realised, leaving his housemate and fellow collector Mr Sewell, with a vast collection of toys which needed to be taken care of.<br />
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What do you do when you have a trove of toys that is piled from floor to ceiling in several rooms in a house? Well, Amanda Harvey, <a href="https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/housing/council-housing/changes-your-housing-services" target="_blank">Tenancy Sustainment Officer at Brighton and Hove City Council</a> approached us at<a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> to help out by removing, appraising, selling and re-using this amazing collection, a task we were glad to do!<br />
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Amanda Harvey and Mr Sewell discussed the problem of the toys and their redistribution and decided that it would be best to get in touch with us. They agreed that the toys would be put to their best advantage if they were cleaned, appraised and then either sold on to collectors to raise money for the museum. Some of those which are especially interesting or important will be kept within the museum, and those which can neither be resold nor exhibited will be used in the museum for educational purposes as they show the way gears, pulleys, clockwork and springs work when applied to tasks.<br />
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Next Comes The Sorting, Appraising and Cleaning.</h3>
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The next step now though is for museum staff to sort through all the cars, trucks and trains to find the best items which can be sold on as genuine collectors’ pieces, exhibition quality items, and toybox treasures. This is no small task as you can see from the photos, we have been given many good quality boxed items, but we also have items that, while still in their boxes have suffered, then other toys which are unboxed, gathered together loose in storage boxes.<br />
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Once the collection has been separated it will be cleaned up and displayed, put up for sale, or used in the museum for educational visits and Playdays when our local kids can use them for the purpose for which they were made, having fun!<br />
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Hornby Trains and Corgi Trucks</h3>
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The collection includes the afore mentioned Hornby train sets, it also includes an arch full of boxed Corgi trucks, many of which have the liveries of well-known hauliers (these include familiar names such as <a href="http://eddiestobart.com/" target="_blank">Eddie Stobart</a>, <a href="http://www.carterssteamfair.co.uk/" target="_blank">Carter’s Fairs</a>, <a href="https://bannerman.ltd.uk/" target="_blank">Bannerman</a>, <a href="http://www.westfieldtransport.com/" target="_blank">Westfield</a>, <a href="http://www.volvotrucks.co.uk/en-gb/home.html" target="_blank">Volvo</a>, <a href="http://www.pickfords.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pickfords</a> and Boddingtons) . Other toys still in their boxes come from such names as <a href="http://www.dickietoys.de/en/home/" target="_blank">Dickie</a> and <a href="http://www.newrayusa.com/" target="_blank">NewRay</a>, there are even some Lledo and <a href="http://www.bburago.com/" target="_blank">Bburago</a> models of classic sports cars and vintage tourers.<br />
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Once we’ve had a chance to go through all the toys that we were lucky enough to get from Mr Barnes we’ll be updating you to let you know what we plan to sell.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-45268932010102774522017-10-21T15:33:00.001+01:002017-10-21T15:33:46.537+01:00Our October Running Day, In Pictures<div class="MsoNormal">
Last week<a href="http://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/what-to-see/" target="_blank"> Brighton Toy and Model Museum</a> proudly hosted another
of our famous Running Days. These days are a rare treat, and one that you won’t
see in most museums, for it is on running days that we take down the Perspex screens
that come between our visitors and our exhibits and actually set the toys and models
in motion, just as they were made to be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A lot of museums, quite naturally, don’t do this kind of
thing. After all, every moment’s use adds a little more to the wear of the
trains that we have on display, and eventually that wear mounts up. So we only
run our model trains for a few hours per year, and to let our visitors view
them in their glory, the screens have to come down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You wouldn’t think that the Perspex would make so much
difference! While it never impedes the view of the model trains, buildings and
bridges we have on display, it does reflect light and get in the way of leaning
right up close to the trains. So, as long as you don’t touch, we don’t mind if
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However, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand
words, so please enjoy our photoblog of <a href="https://www.maerklin.de/en/" target="_blank">Markiln</a>, <a href="https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/" target="_blank">Hornby</a>, <a href="http://www.triangminicships.com/" target="_blank">Minic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(company)" target="_blank">Bing</a>,<a href="http://www.bassettlowkesociety.org.uk/" target="_blank"> Bassett-Lowke</a>
trains, buildings and bridges, some of which, such as the Marklin railway
bridge, we believe to be the only surviving examples. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-28848841564101847482017-10-21T13:52:00.000+01:002017-10-21T13:56:36.560+01:00Ray Harryhauseun, The Man Who Brought Gods to Life<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqS2PZHaLUc/Wes9KqrfthI/AAAAAAAABhI/bmEvtdvBNwIDjb6LCR6JXmpBZSZTXbgrQCLcBGAs/s1600/skeletons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="620" height="125" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqS2PZHaLUc/Wes9KqrfthI/AAAAAAAABhI/bmEvtdvBNwIDjb6LCR6JXmpBZSZTXbgrQCLcBGAs/s200/skeletons.jpg" width="200" /></a>Many kids my age, 44 next month, will remember sitting and watching with awe the monsters, gods and titans created by <a href="http://www.rayharryhausen.com/" target="_blank">Ray Harryhausen.</a> The sixties, seventies and eighties were a golden age of stop motion animation, and most of that was driven by the films that Harryhausen worked on.<br />
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And you’ll be astonished by the range of movies that feature his work. Of course there are the Greek epics that everyone will be familiar with, Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, and the Sinbad movies. These features brought a whole new dimension to the <a href="http://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?genre=Sword-and-Sandal" target="_blank">Swords and Sandals genre</a>. No more would you have <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055356/" target="_blank">Roger Moore galloping around scrubby bits of Italy</a>, France and Yugoslavia clumsily yet successfully flirting with the Sabine Women. Now the Heroes would do battle with unimaginable beasts, skeletons that have grown from dragons teeth and great bronze statues brought magically to life.<br />
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Not only did Harryhausen create these fabulous puppets, he also painted many of the mattes and backdrops which make the films that he worked on so convincing. The techniques he used seem obvious today, but when you look at many of the films which feature early CGI, they are as clunky and unconvincing as any wire and foam model, if not more so (Star Wars Episode IV <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93DzOXD_91o" target="_blank">Special Edition</a>, with the scenes tacked on in the 90s, I’m looking at you…) .<br />
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If you were one of those kids who used to get so excited about each new release of a Harryhausen film, you probably wouldn’t have even known his name, but you’d know the movies when you saw them. The films he worked on were so much more than simply vehicles for his outstanding, ground-breaking special effects. They were story led, and the creatures featured added to the story, they were genuine characters without being gratuitously inserted or showboating.<br />
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These films have become classics and are still enjoyed by whole families, and the techniques Harryhausen developed are being used again as CGI, although it is better than it was, still doesn’t quite match up to using models and maquettes, especially where budgets are a major consideration. These films are also being recognised as art today. Not just within the genre of film art either; Harryhausen is enjoying an exhibition at the <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain/display/spotlights/art-ray-harryhausen" target="_blank">Tate Museum of Modern Art</a>, where his puppets and paintings of backgrounds and mattes are being displayed until the 19th of November. Not only does it feature the props that were used in our favourite films, it also features some of his creative art. It should come as no real surprise that Harryhausen also worked in bronze, creating beautiful masterpieces in metal, as well as their on film analogues. You’ll also see the relationship from the genuine architecture of ancient cities, its representation in classical art, and how that informed his dioramas as well as the mythical menagerie which heroes, immortals and fair maidens would very frequently get squashed or eaten by.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-47054586839957054282017-10-14T14:41:00.000+01:002017-10-14T15:39:28.108+01:00More news on the entertainments lined up for the Brighton Toy and Model Museum Steampunk Soiree.<br />
As you’re no doubt aware, we’ve had <a href="http://www.countadriano.com/" target="_blank">Adriano Fettuccini</a> booked for our steam punk event for a few weeks and we’re looking forward to that very much, but we’re also able to announce more attractions for your edification and delight.<br />
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First of all, we can now confirm that we have <a href="http://rohan-k.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rohan K</a> on the bill, adding to the musical component. Rohan is a writer, composer, poet and violinist.<br />
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Further to the entertainments, we also have a stall which will be supplied and manned by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/belleepicvintage/" target="_blank">Belle Epic</a>. Belle Epic are a vintage costumer, collector and restorer of vintage and antique apparel. Their finest wares will be on display and for sale, fitting with the Steampunk theme.<br />
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And did we mention hats? Love hats. I was thinking of becoming a milliner when I was at college. So it’s with a great deal of anticipation that we’re also able to introduce the good people of <a href="http://yellowbookbrighton.com/" target="_blank">The Yellow Book</a> who will be bringing a range of hats and headgear for you to try on. Because you’re not properly dressed without a hat. It’s probably a moot point, but being a steampunk soiree, most attendees will want to come in full, appropriate dress. However, this isn’t absolutely necessary. It’s not just for those who live a steampunk life, it’s also for those who love the ethic, the aesthetic and those who love people who live steampunk.<br />
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And I know how shy and retiring Steampunk devotees are, so it’s necessary to warn you that a photographer will be in attendance making images of the finest dressed.<br />
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Now, onto the most important aspects of the evening; the much vaunted and highly charged excitement that is surrounding the tea duelling. Tiffin Masters and Mistresses from all over the country have been approached. However, as the saying goes, many are called, yet few are chosen. So we plumped for whoever was available. The tea duel will be open to all, unless you a) don’t like tea, b) you don’t like Malted Milk, or c) you think such things are silly. We anticipate the calibre of the combatants will be very high, with duellists having gone away to dojos to refine and hone their duelling skills. I for one went and had a cuppa and a biccy with my nan, because she knows many of the most ancient arts. She’s 89 after all.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-6577674854947792072017-09-16T15:58:00.000+01:002017-09-16T17:38:04.224+01:00The Brighton Toy and Model Museum Heritage Open Day<div class="MsoNormal">
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We welcomed several groups of people who were led on tours by Eric and </div>
Jan, who pointed out the rarities and unique artefacts that we are lucky enough to be custodians of. Not only did we learn that The Princess Elizabeth model train was top of the range for Hornby but we also learned that it was so expensive to buy that HP agreements were available to customers to buy it. We also learned that the buildings used to be the stable and cellar for the Bass Brewery, the holders of the first ever trade mark. They trade marked their symbol, the red triangle so that everybody, whether literate or not, was able to identify genuine Bass beer.<br />
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The photos in this article show the guests that our new Deputy Manager, Jan showed around. Jan has only been with us here at Brighton Toy and Model Museum for 4 months and this was her first event guiding visitors through the museum and telling us about its history. </div>
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Many of the items on display have a local or human connection. If you’re familiar with local Sussex landmarks you’ll recognise many of the features on the OO model layout, from the Wilmington Long Man to the Clayton railway tunnel entrance, designed to look like a mediaeval castle. We even have a working model of the East Hill Cliff funicular railway in Hastings.</div>
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Exhibits which don’t conform to the local aspect generally fall into the category of ‘human connection’. Most of the exhibits were collected by donors and contributors as a part of their own drive to build up a collection of their own which is not only so good, but so big that they no longer have space to display it themselves, and rather than packing it away, they choose to share it through the auspices of the museum. That human touch isn’t limited to the way the toys and models were collected. If you’ve been to the museum, you’ll probably have noticed that we don’t have a huge collection of modern toys, despite their being incredibly collectible and popular. The reason for this is </div>
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mass production. Rather than have toys that were produced in huge volumes which are still available in collectors markets and vintage shops in any town throughout the land, we concentrate on toys that were built by toymakers and craftspeople who would have taken the time and patience to hone their skills building miniature engines, sewing miniature clothes or painting miniature figures.<br />
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But what else did we learn from our Heritage Open Day?</h3>
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Frank Hornby sent his sons to school, one in France, one in Germany, so they would be familiar with the markets when the Hornby and Meccano brands expanded into Europe.</div>
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Dolls were deliberately made with emotionless, blank expressions because infant mortality was so high that it would seem inappropriate to have a laughing doll, just in case.</div>
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Tri Ang was established by three brothers whose surname was Lines. </div>
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-14263226450630098932017-08-26T13:44:00.000+01:002017-08-26T13:44:20.924+01:00If It's Mod One Thing, It's AnotherIt’s August Bank Holiday and that can mean only one thing if you’re in Brighton: Scooters!<br />
If you live in the city you won’t have missed the putt-putt of well polished Lambrettas and Vespas as they scoot around town looking for a rocker to reminisce with about the good old days. With manifold mirrors, lamps and the inexplicable, yet ubiquitous fox tails wagging from the aerial (and why does a scooter have an aerial in the first place? You can ask a Mod, you’ll get an evasive reply…)<br />
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<br />August Bank Holiday Ride Out</h3>
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If you want to find a Mod to ask, then you couldn’t want for a better focus group than Brighton this weekend. Mods from all over Europe and beyond will be down on the seafront on Madera Drive comparing their pristine machines against one another and then riding out to Beachy Head.<br />
As well as all the action, the more sedate types will be able to enjoy a big screening of Quadrophenia at 5pm on Saturday, followed by a Q&A with Phil Daniels, Trevor Larid and Gary Shale. Once that’s all done and dusted, the music starts! With a live show by tribute band Who’s Next and a DJ set by Drew Stansall.<br />
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There are also events at Komedia, Volks Nightclub and so many venues all over the city it’s impossible to list them all.<br />
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Why Mod?</h3>
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The Mod phenomena started in the 60s when city kids needed to get around and a cheap moped was the vehicle of choice. People who enjoyed Modernist Jazz needed a way to get around town that was easy to ride, easy to park and looked stylish, hence the Vespa. As well as the Italian moped, they also adopted the Italian suit, a tailoring style that suited a slim figure much more than that British suit which had a more military look. However, to keep their suits clean and dry in the British weather, it was necessary to cover up from head to toe, and the perfect accoutrement for that was the Parka. The need to see and be seen led many to add extra lamps and mirrors to their machines, which, in itself also became iconic to the Mod movement.<br />
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The thing that really brought the Mod to the attention of the nation’s media was the run of fights on Brighton seafront between the Mods and the Rockers. The Rockers were, and are, a group who preferred their bikes to be big, powerful and fast. The Ton Up Boys were a distinguished group within the Rocker community as they had achieved 100 mph (a ton) or more on their motorbikes. They took speed and motorcycle maintenance more seriously than what they would see as the pretentious Mod, in his fancy suit riding a silly bike, and so the field of battle was set.<br />
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A Trip to the Sea Side</h3>
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If there’s one thing everybody loves it’s a trip to the seaside and in 1964 both Mods and Rockers fancied a trip to Brighton. The two communities, with such different attitudes were bound to clash and clash they did. The local constabulary was overwhelmed by the running fights that took place not only in Brighton but further along the coast from Margate to Bournemouth and Clacton. These fights led to a moral panic about the wild youth and the media set up a campaign to outlaw anything that they saw as contributing to delinquency. (Of course, in order to fuel sales outrage needed to be maintained and several news magnates were found to have encouraged trouble between otherwise non-committal teenagers.)<br />
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Today there is no animosity between the rival gangs and all anybody wants is to admire well maintained and embellished mopeds and enjoy a ride along the clifftops with likeminded lovers of the Modern.<br />
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Brighton Toy and Model Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18134485199464247727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760827376191937172.post-55779524657895069132017-07-29T13:11:00.000+01:002017-07-29T13:59:42.103+01:00Save Mareira Arches! How Can You Play Your Part?Brighton has many landmarks, all of which will bring back particular memories to any of the people who live in, or have visited the town since it became a popular tourist destination, thanks to George IV, all those years ago.<br />
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Some of those landmarks are permanent, such as the <a href="https://brightondome.org/your_visit/venues/corn_exchange/" target="_blank">Corn Exchange</a> and <a href="http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion/" target="_blank">Pavilion</a>. It’s hard to imagine Brighton being anything like the town it is without that Sussex take on Oriental and Indian architecture. The Georgian buildings, designed in a regency style that lent so much to the classical Roman and Greek architecture that the great and good would have been familiar with from The Grand Tour.<br />
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Brighton is Famous for its Piers</h3>
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Other attractions have turned out to be less permanent. Brighton’s first pier, the Royal Suspension Chain Pier was built in 1822 and thanks to its construction, Brighton became the busiest cross channel port in Britain. When other harbours along the coast became more popular Brighton became less important for shipping, but pleasure cruises and seaside excursions still kept people coming back.<br />
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The Chain Pier suffered significant damage in the 1860s and thanks to the attractions such as a bandstand and entertainments provided by the West Pier, it became less and less significant as a popular attraction. Finally it succumbed to the elements in the 1890s when it was blown down in a violent storm.<br />
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The West Pier is itself now a popular tourist attraction, despite having been wrecked by storm and fire over the years. It started falling apart in the 1970s and what was left of the timber was burned in a fire in the 1990s. The skeleton of iron still remains an iconic image of Brighton, and despite its continued decay, still attracts tourists. And starlings.<br />
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The Antique Sits Alongside the State of the Art</h3>
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Other newer attractions continue to bring people from all over the country and beyond to Brighton. The <a href="http://britishairwaysi360.com/" target="_blank">i360</a> takes visitors hundreds of metres into the air to look down on the city, and we’d just got used to the Brighton Wheel when it was taken away to a new venue and replaced with a zip line which opens this year.<br />
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Two other structures, each dating back to the Victorian period, stretch along the seafront toward the marina. These being the <a href="http://volkselectricrailway.co.uk/" target="_blank">Volks Electric Railway</a>, the oldest serving electric railway in the world which has undergone significant reconstruction over the past years and the <a href="https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/leisure-and-libraries/seafront/madeira-terraces-and-madeira-drive" target="_blank">Madeira Arches</a>. The Madeira Arches are often overlooked and underappreciated by visitors and resident alike, however they offer a unique service. Giving a shaded covered walkway under which it’s possible to watch the many rallies and motor events which take place along Madeira Drive while also supporting a raised platform upon which it’s possible to stroll along its half mile extent from the <a href="https://www.visitsealife.com/brighton/" target="_blank">Aquarium</a> along to <a href="https://www.concorde2.co.uk/" target="_blank">Concorde 2</a>.<br />
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These arches are painted in the familiar green that all iron street furniture in the city carries, but it also has latticework in cream which reflects the architectural features of the Pavilion. Each arch is decorated with a head at its apex, alternating between representations of Neptune and Aphrodite along its entire length. Today it looks as if the arches could be going the same way as the Chain Pier and the West Pier. After many years of being taken for granted, several sections of the terrace have become unsafe and the iron used in their construction has suffered badly from the action of the weather, accelerated by the salt air.<br />
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<br />Save the Madeira Arches!</h3>
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For the past year the arches have been fenced off while their decay is monitored. There was a plan to demolish a large section, if not all of the arches, however, another construction firm said they could rebuild the damaged sections for less than the cost of demolition. But that was some time ago and not much has been heard of any progress since.<br />
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Which is why it’s so pleasing to see a crowdfunding campaign begun to save at least three of the 151 arches. Saving the entire length of the arches will cost £24m, however, to rescue three of the arches, to preserve them for future generations and to show what could be done with the infrastructure investment, the crowdfunding campaign aims to raise £432,484. At time of writing, the campaign has been going for 3 days and £110,053 has been promised by 366 backers.<br />
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If you’d like to become a backer, and donate as little as £2 to the restoration project then follow the link to the <a href="https://www.visitbrighton.com/" target="_blank">Visit Brighton</a>’s <a href="https://www.spacehive.com/madeira-terrace" target="_blank">Spacehive Save Madeira Terrace Campaign</a> to keep a little bit of Brighton’s history alive.<br />
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