Behind the scenes at the museum - and behind the BBC headlines !

I am shocked at the BBC News making a headline at how the Government is making people worse off, and then finding further down the page that 500,000 will be better off by not paying any tax at all.  It is the poorer people who benefit and the well off who will lose something.  With misleading reporting like that I really do wonder.

However it gets better.  Tonight was a preview of Preston Hall's "Behind the Scenes at the Museum".  A most interesting exhibition of items not normally on display. 

I was particulalry interested in a large piece of stone that was from the original Stockton Castle.  Also near that were a statue that used to be on the old Hippodrome, and a model of Dodshon's Fountain. 

Stands also showed an interesting range of hats, clothes and shoes; toys; household items, and more.

 Although it is a bit disquieting to see parts of your own childhood in a museum, it is an interesting and well displayed. 
It is open to the public from tomorrow onwards, along with the refurbished street which I was told now has a small cafe in the drapers shop. 

After several months being closed worth a visit to have a look. All a better portrayal of their subject than the BBC news too !