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The
Peoples History Museum, which tells the
story of ordinary people and how they changed
the world, will be hosting a free exhibition by
well-known photographer Tim Smith and oral historian
Irna Qureshi, titled The Grand Trunk Road. It
opens to the public on Saturday 11 November 2006
and will be on display until Sunday 15 April 2007.
In
conjunction with Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage Service,
the exhibition will explore the longest, oldest and most famous
highway in the Asian subcontinent using photographs and oral history.
Tim and Irna travelled to India and Pakistan from Delhi to the Khyber
Pass earlier this year where they photographed life along the road
and sought out and interviewed people with links to Britain.
The
result is a fascinating photographic exhibition personalised by
memories, opinions and feelings of the individuals they interviewed.
There will also be a full and varied free events programme to complement
the exhibition, including a guided tour and elephant headdress making.
ABOUT
THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY MUSEUM
The
museum tells the extraordinary story of ordinary people and how
they changed the world. The displays range from life in the Victorian
cotton mills to the growth of football as a leisure activity. They
include reconstructed scenes as well as objects and combine text,
hands-on-exhibits and sound to vividly recreate the day-to-day lives
of ordinary people at home, at work and during leisure time over
the last 200 years.
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