Pictures of local people from the past are lighting up the front of Ripon’s Workhouse Museum with a new after-dark display.
People of Ripon’s Past, features historic photographs from the Ripon Re-Viewed collection including, among others, North Eastern Railway staff, workers from Ostcliffe’s Tannery, land girls and a refugee family.
Running until March 21, the daily display can be seen between 6pm and midnight.
The Images are projected onto the museum with a design created by locally-based audio-visual and lighting specialists Fusion LX
Helen Thornton, director of Ripon Museum Trust said:
“We had some fantastic feedback from the community on our previous lighting displays and we wanted to continue into 2022.
“After talking with Ripon Re-Viewed, we came up with the idea to display some brilliant historic photos of Ripon in days gone by, as a way to bring the community together through our shared past.
“Hopefully, the display will intrigue and inspire anyone passing by the museum on Allhallowgate.”
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Mandy Whitehead, project lead at Ripon Civic Society said:
“A big thank you to the Workhouse Museum for the opportunity to share some of the fabulous images from Ripon’s past. We hope it will give the local community an insight into life in Ripon.”
