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I've been practising for weeks! Have driven the missus crazy playing the same tunes over and over again. She's threatened to leave me twice if I didn't put a sock in it. And for what? To be stuck in a corner behind a signboard! Well thanks! Am dressed up all fancy too. Check out my trousers...yes they make my thighs look impressive but I'm losing blood flow from the knees down. At least if I lose feeling in my feet I won't think to look down at these shiny 'poop flickers' (our Barry told me that - he learnt it from the kids at school) I've squeezed my size 12s into. Our lass keeps eyeing up my jacket too, sadly when it's hung up, rather than with me in it. Anyway, two hours down and another three to go...wouldn't mind but they haven't even opened the door to let the guests in yet! Still, if I get any tips, it'll help pay for our Barry's school trip to Beamish next month. Photograph taken crouched down looking up at a gilded sculpture sideways on, of a man playing what I thought was a clarinet but perhaps on closer inspection is an oboe. He's dressed in a fancy outfit including a waisted jacket and shiny peddle pushers. His shoes are long and elongated with a fancy buckle. He has beautiful dark curly hair and a hat on top. As he plays he looks towards a a gilded mirror on the opposite wall next to which is a closed, arched cream door into the room. In front of him is a signboard likely giving information about the pieces in display. When visiting, the sculpture isn't really in a corner, though the photograph looks like it. There is a second sculpture opposite of the same dimensions. The Bowes Museum is a worthy entrant for a 'Palace' because it looks like one externally and internally. Had it not been for the philanthropic efforts of its owners, it could very well have become a stately home. For further info, do take a look at their website which is really good: www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk
May 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM