Category: Exhibitions
Event Tags: Poole Events
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Date: Tue, 14th January 2025 - Sat, 22nd February 2025
Time: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Location: Poole Lighthouse, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Email: museums@bcpcouncil.gov.uk
Booking Required: No
Price: £Free
Men of Iron at The Lighthouse
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Poole Museum’s latest exhibition, which is being hosted at Lighthouse, Poole, honours the faces, stories and craftsmanship of Poole’s Foundry workers, 40 years on from its closure.
‘Men of Iron’ began in 1985 as a student project led by Geoff Drury from Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design, who tasked his students with capturing the foundry’s operations, its robust machinery, and the dedication of the people who worked there. The project took on a profound significance when the foundry, a longstanding ironworks located next to St. James Church in Poole’s Old Town, announced it would close its doors in 1985. The resulting photographs became an endearing tribute to the men and women at the heart of Poole’s industrial heritage.
Alongside the photographs, Poole Museum will display artefacts from the foundry, including protective gear, castings, and moulds used daily by the workers, and Poole Museum volunteers have been interviewing the original photographers for a selection of oral histories included as part of the exhibition.
This evocative collection captures an important piece of Poole’s industrial history, paying tribute to the people who made the foundry their life’s work.
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Poole Lighthouse (View more Events at this Location)21 Kingland Rd, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, BH15 1UG United Kingdom
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Men of Iron at The Lighthouse
Dates: Tue, 14th January 2025 - Sat, 22nd February 2025
Times: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Location: Poole Lighthouse, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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