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Tameside Industries: Printing

Key Stage 1 & 2

Portland Basin Museum

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What’s Involved

Timings: 2 hour facilitated workshop (timings may be adjusted slightly eg. for full day bookings)
Venue: Portland Basin Museum
Costs: £111.50 for TMBC schools / £122 for non-TMBC schools

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During the Industrial Revolution, Tameside because the centre of the cotton trade. Geographically placed to provide the perfect weather conditions for manipulating cotton into fabric and a transportation infrastructure quickly gained our local area a worldwide reputation for cotton production excellence.

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In this workshop we will be looking at the art of printing with participants being taken through the poly-printing process to create their own bolt labels. Bolt labels would be attached to bolts of cloth so that you knew who produced them. Once the poly-printing process is understood, it can be used to create boldly printed fabric like ABC Wax Printing in Hyde would produce and export all over the world!

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Learning Opportunities

  • Pupils will improve their mastery of art and design techniques with a range of materials.
  • Pupils will learn about significant events in their own locality.
  • Pupils will learn about changes within living memory.

Extend Your Experience

At the museum: you can book to combine with a second workshop for a facilitated full day experience.
At school: we will send you some ideas for pre-and post- visit activities when you book this workshop. Plus, why not see if there is a Museum in a Box that links to your class topics.

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Venue information

This workshop is delivered at Portland Basin Museum:

  • There is free onsite parking for coaches – please note the car park has a cobbled surface.
  • Please let us know if you would like your class to eat lunch at the museum and we will provide you with a space.
  • There is a museum shop where your class is welcome to make purchases under supervision or we can arrange goody bags in advance.
  • A site risk assessment is available on request.

Council led events in Tameside will no longer go ahead during the 10 days of mourning as the world grieves the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For more information click here.