Rolling back the years (From Worcester News)

Rolling back the years

3:40pm Monday 8th February 2010 in

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EXHIBITS from the fascinating 50s and inventive Victorians are on display at Worcester’s Commandery.

The Fashion, Design and Innovation exhibition opens on Saturday and shows how both the Victorians and the 1950s shaped the domestic life we take for granted today.

It will also highlight what life was like at the Commandery as both a Victorian blind college and as the Littleburys Print Works in the 1950s.

Visitor services officer Sarah Bourne said: “The dramatic industrial advances that were made in the Victorian factories, the experimental architecture and the emergence of photography were all significantly important for Britain’s development.” Features include news clips from the 1950s, including the Queen’s coronation, a Victorian kitchen and a 1950s bedroom.

The exhibition runs until Sunday, April 18.

For details, call 01905 361821 or visit worcester citymusuems.org.uk.