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Memories strewn along GT Road
The People’s History Museum, which tells
the story of ordinary people and how they changed the world, will be
hosting a free exhibition by well-known photographer Tim Smith and
oral historian Irna Qureshi, titled The Grand Trunk Road. It opened
to the public on Saturday 11 November 2006 and will be on display
until Sunday 15 April 2007.
In conjunction with Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage
Service, the exhibition will explore the longest, oldest and most
famous highway in the Asian subcontinent using photographs and oral
history. Tim and Irna travelled to India and Pakistan from Delhi to
the Khyber Pass earlier this year where they photographed life along
the road and sought out and interviewed people with links to
Britain.
The result is a fascinating photographic exhibition personalised by
memories, opinions and feelings of the individuals they interviewed.
There will also be a full and varied free events programme to
complement the exhibition, including a guided tour and elephant
headdress making.
The exhibition explores the Grand Trunk Road – the longest, oldest
and most famous highway in the Asian sub-continent – through a
series of photographs taken in Spring 2006 along the route from the
Indian capital, Delhi, to the Afghan border in north west Pakistan.
The route has a great resonance for a large number people from the
area who have made their homes in Britain.
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