News archive - April to December 2009

The results of recent research are set to be revealed at a free talk on November 20th. See our Northwick Events page for further details.

For further details go to our Northwick Manor - Art page.

As part of the project, pupils at Northwick Manor Primary School have been working with their own artist-in-residence to learn about the brick-making process, inspired by an industry that operated on the banks of the Severn at Northwick for many centuries. Environmental artist Wren Miller, has been working with the children to produce their own mini bricks, sculpting them with their own designs and learning all about the brick making process. Clay was donated by Wienerberger Ltd., a brick producing company based in Aldridge, Walsall.

Wren has now completed a permanent brick sculpture in the form of a river of words all associated with the local brick making industry. Mini Bricks were imprinted with letters that made words such as Grog, Crinkle-Crankle and Bond, and footprints were taken from lots of the people who made it, from the kids, the teachers and staff at the brick factory (who also very kindly fired the bricks) and from Wren herself. The sculpture is a river like path for the kids to enjoy, set into the ground. For more pictures see the Northwick Manor - Art page

Did you know that the only winner of the Victoria Cross to have been born and bred in Worcester was a former pupil of St Stephen's School in Ombersley Road (later replaced by the current Northwick Manor Primary School on Northwick Road)? The story of Frederick George Dancox, a north Worcester native, is now being brought to life by staff of Worcestershire Record Office as part of the Worcester Archive Source Project. To see the online exhibition dedicated to Private Dancox, go to the WASP website at www.worcestershire.gov.uk/wasp

We are pleased to announce that work on the trail art designs is well on the way, with the first view Designs by Wildlife illustrator Valerie Briggs now complete. To view these, click on the link
to the Northwick Manor - Art page.

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