The Social History collection in Blackburn Museum is spread over three galleries; The Cotton Town Gallery, The Skill and Labour Gallery and Early History Gallery.
The gallery I took most intest in was the Skill and Labour Gallery that was the home to the many Thwaites glass bottles. The glass bottles caught my attention the most in the exhibition because I have a family link to Thwaites, generations of my family have worked in Thwaites Brewery such roles as security guards, draymen and working in the brew house and fitters.
If I was to draw inspiration from the collection of bottles I would translate the cloudy glass style and embossed writing into my work and look back at the history of Thwaites.
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