Taking a step back into childhood
Preston Park Great Hall
Martin Luther King in Lego
What to do on a grey day in January? Why, visit a Lego exhibition, of course. A walk through time, in bricks, at Preston Park Museum.
When dinosaurs ruled the world
And pterodactyls too
Lascaux cave paintings
Terracotta Army
The first senate
And senators
Copernicus discovers Heliocentrism
Ready for battle
On land
And on sea
Soothing Mozart
Emily Pankhurst
The railway’s coming!
Let’s go to the movies!
Silent, of course
China on the rise
Amazing what you can do with a few bricks, isn’t it? The captions should help if you’re bemused. All part of Saturday’s rich entertainment, as is Debbie’s Six Word Saturday. Enjoy your day!
restlessjo 
I know this isn’t Preston Park near Brighton so I’m presuming it is somewhere near you? As you say, amazing what you can do with a pile of bricks.
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It’s a museum and country park beside the River Tees, Mari. The main attraction is a Victorian street with smithy, sweet shop, etc. I’ve featured it on here before. 🙂 🙂
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A fine Lego Expo you’ve given us, Jo. More my sister’s building medium than mine, though we both inherited my mother’s big box of terracotta building bricks – much much chunkier than Lego and they didn’t interlock so you had to be very very careful – but if you had enough boxes (which we didn’t) you could build whole cathedrals according to instructions that looked like architect’s plans. I wonder where that box is now. It weighed a ton.
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Sounds like a challenge, Tish. I used to be quite good with the wooden shapes but my Lego buildings were haphazard to say the least. 🙂 🙂 There’s a miniature Durham Cathedral in Lego that’s been used as a fund raiser at the cathedral, on a ‘buy a brick’ basis. It’s a wonderful replica.
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That sounds a brilliant fundraising notion.
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Well, you went way over 6 words, but what fun!!
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I thought I was remarkably concise, Sue. 🙂 🙂 But I’m not good at counting.
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😀😀😀😀🙄
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Looks colourful and a lot of fun. Love the photographs of course 🙂
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There was an area for building your own too, Peter. I didn’t compete. 🙂 🙂 Thanks, hon!
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These are great, Jo…. the 8-year-old me would’ve had his mind blown… the adult me is pretty impressed, too!
Perfect pics for a gloomy Saturday afternoon. 🙂
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It has been here too, Buffy. I met a friend for lunch and we forgot all about the weather. 🙂 🙂
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Ah yes — that’s the best kind of company, when you don’t need nice weather. 🙂
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Ambitious and impressively presented. Thanks!
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I’m good at walls, Ron. 🙂 🙂 That’s about it!
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My grandkids would have enjoyed this exhibit. Looks like you had fun. I liked seeing the creativity and would be stumped to replicate these on my own. A happy post.
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I get lost even with the instructions, Ruth. My Lego is very much freestyle 🙂 🙂
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New Years’ Even, I met a six year old who had just put together a 4,000 piece Lego. Unassisted.
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Humph! 🙂 🙂 Thanks for making me feel even more inadequate, Ruth. Still smiling 🙂
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Oooops sorry Jo. The aren’t was bragging and I admit I was impressed.
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🙂 🙂
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The parent. Spell check makes it more interesting I guess
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I guessed aunt so not too far away. 🙂 🙂
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Who would have thought Lego displays could be art? The sets remind me of those domino displays, where, when finished, you knock one piece over and the action knocks them all down in a sequence that marvels me. Impressive!
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It was a big part of both my children’s youth so I have a fondness for it. I nearly said a soft spot, but soft it wasn’t! 🙂 🙂
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Was this with the little one then? I remember Lego when it really was just bricks and window frames and roof tiles and very little else. I would spend hours building my own house and then the garden to go with it as I had a gardening set from Woolworths and used to buy packets of tiny flowers to plant! That should have given me an indication of what my career ought to have been! My boys and grandson loved the technical Lego, but it was very expensive. More so now I guess. My daughter has inherited all the Lego.
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No just me and Mick on a grey day. On my way to lunch. Speak soon xx
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I had those plant-your-own mini garden packets. Loved them to bits. My house was Bako though – frames of rods into which you slid the bricks and windows.
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I remember the name Bako but can’t really picture it, but Mick says he had some. Well, he would! 🙂 🙂
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It seems to’ve got much more complicated down the years. I have to pay close attention to the instructions. 😦 Lisa says it’s taken away creativity but everything I built was wonky anyway. 🙂 🙂
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What amazing things creative people can build with Legos! They’re all fantastic but I especially love Lascaux cave paintings and China on the Rise. Have a great weekend, Jo. 🙂
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Hours of patience, Cathy! I always used to start well and then get lost in the instructions 🙂 🙂 Still do! Thanks, darlin. Zumba, lunch with a friend and a lot of walking. Worn out now 🙂
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I’m glad you’re coordinated enough to keep on doing Zumba, Jo. I’m so hopelessly uncoordinated, it’s too much of a challenge for me! 🙂
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What fun! I loved Legos when I was a kid. Of course, it was painful when you stepped on one when you were barefoot. Happy Saturday, Jo!
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That’s an enduring Lego memory, Jill 🙂 🙂 And tidyiing them away afterwards. Thanks, darlin!
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How lovely Jo, my favourites are the railway station and the grand piano. Our attic s full of Lego – loads from our own childhood and a similar amount from our children. They loved combining the sets and creating masterpieces. Have a great weekend. We’re just having bacon sandwiches and coffee in our local pub now keeping nice and warm!
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We used to go everywhere with a Lego carrying case when our son was small and now he has a 5 year old and we’re starting over. 🙂 🙂
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How lovely, that’s just as it should be! Enjoy your grandchildren!
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These are so great Jo. I love the soothing Mozart! Amazing and brought back memories of my kids younger days.
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It was a good way to spend a gloomy morning Miriam xx
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Yep, sounds perfect!
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Wow! That looks amazing. I’d definitely spend some time there if I could.
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It’s always fun to see what they can do with it x
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Oh, thank you. I love Lego so this was a great wet day excursion. Legoland in Melbourne has Big Kids nights just for adults. One day I’m definitely going to one of those. 🙂
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I’ll start saving up so I can come with you xx
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If you ever go to LEGOLAND in Windsor (I know it is in the south) there is a reconstruction of Grimsby docks. Strange but true!
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Very strange! I was there a lot of years ago so I’m sure it’ll have been updated xx
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A great way to start off our Saturdays – thanks Jo. A fun exhibition, with an incredibly wide topic coverage.
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I left half out Debs. Only so many hours in a Saturday xx
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Lego has certainly come a long way since my childhood. I love the last display, it’s very modern and eye-catching 🙂
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Yes, like much of China now. 🙂 🙂 Happy Saturday, Eunice!
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Wow its beautiful
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It was a good way to spend an hour or so, Caroline. 🙂 🙂 Have a happy day!
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Thanks, wishing you the same
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oh these are brilliant. What fun! We need a museum like this today!! You had me confused for a moment though with the Preston Park, as I used to live near the museum in Preston Park and I was thinking what is Jo doing in Brighton?! Different Preston Park of course 😉
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I’m just hoping your murals are weatherproof. 🙂 🙂 Grey but dry here.
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