Comments on: Britain’s modern Brunels http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/04/13/britains-modern-brunels/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Richard http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/04/13/britains-modern-brunels/#comment-1806 Richard Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:25:55 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/04/13/britains-modern-brunels/#comment-1806 <p>Thanks for the tip off. Sounds like a fascinating idea!</p> <p>Shame though there's no chance of seeing them up in Scotland. I'm discovering that many tours either exclude this neck of the woods, or give it a brief visit. I suppose with a small population (relative to the rest of the UK), and very geographically dispersed at that, it's no huge surprise.</p> <p>That said, these guys do seem to have a better excuse: Not sure what the canals are like up to here are like!</p> Thanks for the tip off. Sounds like a fascinating idea!

Shame though there’s no chance of seeing them up in Scotland. I’m discovering that many tours either exclude this neck of the woods, or give it a brief visit. I suppose with a small population (relative to the rest of the UK), and very geographically dispersed at that, it’s no huge surprise.

That said, these guys do seem to have a better excuse: Not sure what the canals are like up to here are like!

]]> By: Janet http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/04/13/britains-modern-brunels/#comment-1805 Janet Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:49:58 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/04/13/britains-modern-brunels/#comment-1805 <p>Richard, let me draw your attention to a lesser known Brunel commemoration this year. The wonderful Mikron Theatre Company (<a href="www.mikron.org.uk">www.mikron.org.uk</a>) who travel round the country ( but not Scotland sadly) on a canal boat bringing theatre to pubs and all sorts of places, are touring this, their 35th, season with "Mrs Brunel", a life of the great man seen through his wife's eyes. They have a knack of bringing industrial revolution and other historic and current social issues to life in a really entertaining way, so I recommend you and readers of the blog try and catch them on their tour.</p> Richard, let me draw your attention to a lesser known Brunel commemoration this year. The wonderful Mikron Theatre Company (http://www.mikron.org.uk) who travel round the country ( but not Scotland sadly) on a canal boat bringing theatre to pubs and all sorts of places, are touring this, their 35th, season with “Mrs Brunel”, a life of the great man seen through his wife’s eyes. They have a knack of bringing industrial revolution and other historic and current social issues to life in a really entertaining way, so I recommend you and readers of the blog try and catch them on their tour.

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