Margaret Stobirski

Saturday 22nd February.  11am Meet in the Café of the Grosvenor Museum, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, CH1 2DD before enjoying a visit to the first of two museums we are visiting in Chester. It tells the story of Chester from pre-history to the present day. The museum has particularly strong collections of material relating to Roman life in Chester, including an internationally important collection of Roman tombstones which were found in the 19th century having been reused in the city walls. The museum also contains an art gallery with very fine painting and sculpture by regional artists with landscapes of Cheshire and North Wales. On the same day after lunch we are visiting Sick to Death, The Gory Story of medicine through time, St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row East, CH1 1NW. Sick to Death offers the history of medicine in a museum and family attraction in Chester City Centre - located on the city's famous Rows. This is a playground of plague with a smatter of splatter and a chance to poke into the medical past. This attraction costs £7 entry fee and it suggests taking an hour. You can of course give this a miss and walk around the curtain […]