Hand Made In Bradford

Bradford has a new exhibition space in the town centre created by arts group Fabric. The former record store has a ground floor displaying gift items hand made by local artists, upstairs there is a large gallery area and a picnic parlour. The picnic area is aimed mainly at over 50's who can drop in for a chat with friends and bring their own sandwiches if they wish.

The picture shows local photographer Tim Smith (www.timsmithphotos.com) setting up a publicity shot outside of the new 'Hand Made In Bradford' premises. In the picture are director of Fabric Gideon Seymour, Ann Rutherford, councillor David Greene and another member of Fabric (unfortunately I can't remember his name). My thanks to Tim Smith for allowing me to take photographs.

Saltaire Arts Trail - Smallest Cinema?

This black painted wooden structure could be the smallest purpose built cinema in the world. I had seen this tiny shed like structure before but didn't know anything about it so went to investigate. By chance, Gideon Seymour, director of the Bradford based arts development organisation Fabric had arrived at the same time as myself and was able to give me some information. The cinema seats up to ten people and can show Super 8 cine films or more conventional video films. The initial idea was to use an old garden shed, but the cost of strengthening and modifying an old structure was around the same as building new, so the new option was chosen. The cinema is believed to be the smallest in the world, but this hasn't been verified yet.