Aub is back...... His Dicky Ticker Played up Now taking bookings for Muster Point Tours: The Muster Point is a 70 tonne steel sculpture with bronze cast figures, objects, and components from the Steelworks, the building is 8m x 12m x 8m,with associated pathways (railways sleepers and ballast), located near entrance to steelworks site, George St & Selwyn St off Industrial Drive, Mayfield. . (at McDonalds on Industrial Drive turn left going to Newcastle) Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association is pleased to offer personalized guided tours of the iconic sculpture The Muster Point. This house-size industrial artwork was constructed as a collaboration by famous Newcastle sculptor Julie Squires and steelworkers in 1999, to mark the closure of the steelworks. The whole structure, inside and out, has many stories to tell about the history of steelmaking in Newcastle. Well-known retired steelworker Aubrey Brooks conducts intimate, heartfelt journeys around and within the walls of this unique place. If you know any groups that would like to soak up some of the emotion of life at the steelworks, contact Aubrey to make a booking. TOURS ARE FREE and Wheel Chair friendly, and take about 1.5 hours, Donations can be made to the Steel Workers Memorial Fund
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:19:24 +0000
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