#Assembly rooms

[richwall101]

Bristol UK - The Victoria Rooms

The Victoria Rooms, also known as the Vic Rooms, houses the University of Bristol's music department in Clifton, Bristol, England, on a prominent site at the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. The building, originally assembly rooms, was designed by Charles Dyer and was constructed between 1838 and 1842 in Greek revival style, and named in honour of Queen Victoria, who had acceded to the throne in the previous year. An eight column Corinthian portico surmounts the entrance, with a classical relief sculpture designed by Musgrave Watson above. The construction is of dressed stonework, with a slate roof. A bronze statue of Edward VII, was erected in 1912 at the front of the Victoria Rooms, together with a curved pool and several fountains with sculptures in the Art Nouveau style.

The Victoria Rooms contain a 665-seat auditorium, a lecture theatre, recital rooms, rehearsal rooms and a recording studio. Jenny Lind and Charles Dickens performed at the Victoria Rooms. It was also the venue for important dinners and assemblies, including banquets to commemorate the opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the quatercentennial anniversary of Cabot's discovery of North America, meetings which led to the establishment of the University College, Bristol, an early congress of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and suffragettes "at-homes". The building was purchased and given to the university in 1920 as a home for the student union and, circa 1924, it spent a brief period as a cinema. Following a fire in 1934, the building was refurbished by the university. It remained as the base of the student union until purpose built facilities were opened in Queens Road in the 1960s. The Victoria Rooms then became an exhibition and conference centre, before housing the music department in 1996. They remain in use in the 21st century for concerts, exhibitions, plays, recitals and lectures.

[hepdenerose]

Ten Hours of Summer (Lytham and St. Anne’s)

Actually summer-like on the Wednesday, dazzling brightness made checking bus times to Lytham on my slow phone difficult. Phil discovered they departed from Market Street. Getting there just as a number 68 sailed off, we waited on a sweltering number 11 until it departed. After an hour of innumerable stops, we sought comfort in the Heritage Centre. But it proved to be a small local facility…

[danielleasbureaucouk]

Bath

Short break in Bath. Wish I could say it has been without arguing, but there was a whole forgetting umbrella in a taxi temper tantrum, stubborn outburst which almost ruined the trip, - sick of there being a fight every holiday and there seems to be a lot of fights lately - and then the taxis being very late, so late we missed eating at Sally Lunn's and had to eat at the Cosy Club much later instead.

Still have some misgivings about going to see Bill Bailey at the O2 tomorrow night, but we'll see. Feel better when we're on our way home on Tuesday.

Did the Hard Hat tour of the Assembly Rooms, tea at the Jane Austen Centre and the Pump Rooms, shopped books at Waterstones. Stayed in Upper Lansdown Mews.

[swan2swan]

Yeah, I think if you and all your coworkers find out you got fired via a press release, you should be allowed to sue the corporation who fired you.

[usermoon]

e&a

summers in the midwest

[blackbirdofasgard]

"You gotta be careful when you've been doing this as long as I have, because you can start to phone it in, if you're not careful. Because it all gets a little bit predictable. Stale. But you are breathing new life into this song."

-Mobius M. Mobius

[foryouthegays]

me: idk, from what ive seen, i think doflamingo is a fun character but i dont really think im gonna be Invested in him at all, hes just kinda some guy ya know

me, four seconds into doflamingo and laws transponder snail call (ep 623): oh i am OBSESSED with this man

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain

Live at Assembly Rooms, Derby

December 7, 1983

[lunarharp]

LITERALLY stuff i’ve posted before <<< i just wanted to assemble some modern au scribbles in one place :)

BUT they’re in different brushbug universes tho. in the second one brushbug is a relatively unpopular character with merch & only this family truly cares about it

[mushroomsie224]

First time posting a crochet project here.

Ta-da! 'Tis a little cactus.

[paradife-loft]

intended to make chocolate/chocolate chip cookies today to remedy the tragic lack of desserts currently in my house.

swerved at the last minute into impulsive baking experiments, and now I have a batch of chocolate-matcha cookies instead.

I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out!

[mildmayfoxe]

the thing no one tells you about replacing your old ac is that in order to put the new one in you gotta take the old one out first. pretty fucked up

[chiropteracupola]

I have used up Half a jamjar of primer, I have primed About Two-Thirds of the outside panels of this thing, I am Taking A Break.

[faaun]

i love my friends but i swear their house is at least somewhat haunted and while i do not consider myself superstitious or spiritual at all i'm gonna take the general route of "pretend it didnt happen/dont react to the creepy noises until they stop" approach

[running-in-the-dark]

we finished painting the walls in my room today - well, two of them, the ones that we started yesterday. tomorrow we're going to ikea, and then hopefully we'll finish the one wall in my husband's room, and start the two in my room (they're gonna be a different colour than the first two)

[nadia-el-mansours]

Margo and Sergei both scaring the crap out of Aleida just sends me