Tag Archives: METAL

Victorian Christmas at Edge Hill

I volunteered at the Victorian Christmas at Edge Hill Station. It was very popular and busy this year! We had food, drink, craft stalls, raffles and tombolas. We also some excellent performances from Platform, the Suitcase Ensemble and the Formby more »

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Making Sock Puppets

I ran a sock puppet making session at Metal for Sound Tracks. We made snake, walrus, lion, parrot, shark and violin puppets. Related Posts:Edgy: The Railway CabaretThem pidgins are up to summat!Flowers on the Train, Dreams on the LineHalloween Lantern more »

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Edge Hill Archives Launch

The Edge Hill Archives launched today and it was a huge success! The Metal team have been busy collecting oral histories, photographs and Artifacts relating to the history of Edge Hill Station and the surrounding area. They also exhibited “Archive more »

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Radio Arduino – Classic Edition

I have just finished making and programming Radio Arduino Classic Edition. Radio Arduino Classic Edition pretends to be a valve radio using an old valve radio case, Arduino, Adafruit Waveshield, Maplic Amplifier, home made pulley (CD Sandwich) and a rubber more »

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Edge Hill Archives Open Day

The Edge Hill Archive Open day was far more successful than METAL had expected with locals arriving in large numbers to record their memories about growing up, living and working in Edge Hill. Edge Hill residents came with stories, photographs more »

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Your Station

The Your Station exhibition is is full swing. Tickets Please is turning out to be very popular, I am rather proud! It is being exhibited among some amazing sculptures, photographs and paintings from the Future Station group at Metal until more »

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