Part of the city of Liverpool's Christmas celebrations for 2009 was an art exhibition called
Go Penguins which was a bit like the
Lambanana Safari that happened in the summer of 2008 as part of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year. When the boys school had an inset day my friend & I decided we would take our 7 children to see the penguins in St George's Hall. It was a VERY wet day!
The boys were all very excited to see the penguin that they had helped to make on display inside
St George's Hall!
Lots of children's groups made mini penguins but the majority of the penguins were designed by professional artists. This was one of our favourites. He is called Peng-a-tron!
St George's Hall used to be where the law courts were but now it is set up as a museum. The boys loved dressing up as the judge & sitting in his huge chair over looking the jury seats & the rest of the courtroom. They were also fascinated by the judge's private rooms & his toilet!! Being in the room really brought the scene from The Wind in The Willows where Toad is in court for stealing a car to life for the boys which added to their excitement!
Below the courtroom down an almost vertical flight of stone steps are the cells. Going down the steps made me realise why the judge says 'Send him down!' when someone has been found guilty of a crime! The cells still smell a bit....!! :o}
And again, the cell toilet caused much interest with the boys!!!
Anyway, the main hall is truly beautiful! There is a gorgeous wooden floor that is only on show once a year but the ceiling & huge organ are quite breath taking when viewed from the gallery. The staff in st George's Hall were really helpful & gave us a guided tour. One lady who worked there asked if we were a school group on a trip. I guess there were quite a few of us!!
Out & about in Liverpool penguins were dotted about. The children loved spotting them. Annie-Joy shouted 'Wenwin!' every time she saw one!
We saw this one down by the Pier Head after Lee's Santa Dash. that is why Jordan is wearing a Santa hat & there are rather a lot of portaloos in the background!!
And there were penguins at Lime Street train station too where we had a rather chilly picnic after we had left St George's Hall. We took the train back home again & warmed up snuggled under blankets to watch a little bit of telly. It was a very enjoyable day off school! :o)
Part of the city of Liverpool's Christmas celebrations for 2009 was an art exhibition called Go Penguins which was a bit like the Lambanana Safari that happened in the summer of 2008 as part of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year. When the boys school had an inset day my friend & I decided we would take our 7 children to see the penguins in St George's Hall. It was a VERY wet day!
The boys were all very excited to see the penguin that they had helped to make on display inside St George's Hall!
Lots of children's groups made mini penguins but the majority of the penguins were designed by professional artists. This was one of our favourites. He is called Peng-a-tron!
St George's Hall used to be where the law courts were but now it is set up as a museum. The boys loved dressing up as the judge & sitting in his huge chair over looking the jury seats & the rest of the courtroom. They were also fascinated by the judge's private rooms & his toilet!! Being in the room really brought the scene from The Wind in The Willows where Toad is in court for stealing a car to life for the boys which added to their excitement!
Below the courtroom down an almost vertical flight of stone steps are the cells. Going down the steps made me realise why the judge says 'Send him down!' when someone has been found guilty of a crime! The cells still smell a bit....!! :o}
And again, the cell toilet caused much interest with the boys!!!
Anyway, the main hall is truly beautiful! There is a gorgeous wooden floor that is only on show once a year but the ceiling & huge organ are quite breath taking when viewed from the gallery. The staff in st George's Hall were really helpful & gave us a guided tour. One lady who worked there asked if we were a school group on a trip. I guess there were quite a few of us!!
Out & about in Liverpool penguins were dotted about. The children loved spotting them. Annie-Joy shouted 'Wenwin!' every time she saw one!
We saw this one down by the Pier Head after Lee's Santa Dash. that is why Jordan is wearing a Santa hat & there are rather a lot of portaloos in the background!!
And there were penguins at Lime Street train station too where we had a rather chilly picnic after we had left St George's Hall. We took the train back home again & warmed up snuggled under blankets to watch a little bit of telly. It was a very enjoyable day off school! :o) 
5 comments:
Lovely! One of our friends here was telling us all about St George's Hall last week and said we should go! I'll show her your blog when she's back from holiday! Hope you are well and brrr tis a bit chilly still eh?
Love Mum xx
ps verification word is upundo- sounds like a penguin!!
What exciting times the Daviestribe enjoys! You can go to the zoo without leaving the town. You lovely Mum & Dad!
DaddyO
xxxxxx
I keep meaning to visit the Hall after Adam Hart Davies did his program about it. Did you know that the reason the courts and the assembly rooms are in the same building is because they ran out of money and couldn't raise any more to build the two separate places they had planned?! AND did you know that originally a person from Liverpool was a Liverpolitan not a Liverpudlian? He he!
Looking forward to seeing you all on the weekend,love Helen
ooh I do like the blue penguin in your last photo!! They remind me of my current fondness of Russian dolls!!
And how sweet is wenwin!! (spelling wrong but you know what I mean!!)Awww!
Liverpool certainly is a cultural hub!!! xxx
P.S Oh! Looking back I see I did spell it right!!! Go the Wenwins!!! xxx
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