Wednesday 26 August 2009

Fab Day out in Shrewsbury

Yesterday The family headed to the Historic town of Shrewsbury.














We had a great time first we headed to the Quarry swimming pool, Kellyn did really well in the pool even managing to venture off on his own for the first time.
After our swim, We headed into the town for a look round the shops before going to KFC for dinner.

After Dinner we crossed the road to Rowleys House Museum. This is a place i visited a few times when i was a child and so i was amazed at how much it had changed.

The Museum is located in an old Elizabethan house which was first built by William Rowley and was the first brick house in the town.




On The first floor there is currently and exhibition devoted the Charles Darwin and his family connections with the Wedgwood's which includes a beautiful display of Coal port Pottery.






On the Next level there is natural History displays including pretty rocks ans tones uncovered locally. There is also a display of finds from the Ice and Iron age. I was really interested in the finds the the Porth-Y-Wean area and Oswestry Hillfort.
Next We looking the the finds from Wroxeter Roman City, This is another interesting museum we have visited recently and are looking forward to visiting again soon. Here Daddy Dressed up in Traditional Roman Costume. We did laugh.
While here Kellyn got interested in Mosaics, He even had a go at copying them. Kellyn and I also had a go at playing an old Roman game similar to modern day Backgammon.
After a look around the Middle aged part of the museum and some more dressing up opportunity's we headed back down stairs to the art Gallery. Here Kellyn played on the Interactive Games and Daddy signed the visitor book on behalf of the Family.



Time slipped away really fast and it was soon 3pm and we had to rush back to the car to head to a family party, Were we had even more fun before making our way home.