The People’s 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.