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Saved for the Nation: The Story of the FA Cup exhibition at Bolton Museum

Everything you ever wanted to know about the world’s oldest and most loved Cup competition can be found in this exciting exhibition. Find out how and why the FA Challenge Cup was created in 1872, and about the FA Cup teams, players and goals. Stunning photographs and film footage of the greatest ever finals help bring the exhibition to life in an exciting experience for all the family.

More information: http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk\n

Building Bolton: Up Your Street exhibition at Bolton Museum

This exhibition explores how Bolton became the town it is today. Featuring photography, painting and oral history, it will be packed full of local stories and bring to life memories of the past. Find out how Bolton has changed, compare familiar streets to how they looked 50 years ago and hear stories of people and communities living in the town. Whether you remember the Bolton dance hall where you met your sweetheart, or you are visiting Bolton and would like to find out more about its history, don’t miss this fascinating exhibition that brings the story of the town to life.

New show reviews - November 2008

Borderland - Liz Lock and Mishka Henner (Gallery Oldham until 10th January 2009)
Pilgrims and Peregrines - Jamie Baldridge (Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester, until 6th December)
SUN (Lowry Hotel, Manchester until 30th November, and at Matt and Phreds until 31st December)

2008 Jerwood Photography Awards Winners Exhibition

The sixth annual Jerwood Photography Awards in collaboration with Portfolio Magazine and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
The exhibition showcases new work by five of the finest emerging photographers, announced at the Jerwood Space on 6 November. The five winners, Martina Lindqvist, Alice Myers, James Pogson, Kurt Tong and Nicky Walsh were selected from UK institutions as the most innovative and promising recent graduates, and will exhibit at the Jerwood Space from 7 November to 11 December 2008.

Don't Miss This

Warrington-based photographer Martin O'Neill has spent 2008 celebrating 30 years as a photographer, with exhibitions in Manchester & Tokyo..and a self-published book.
A set of prints of Joy Division at their 1979 Bowdon Vale, Altrincham, gig, was taken to Tokyo for an exhibition in the summer (and looks likely to travel to Hong Kong), and a set of 100 photographs called Eccles 1977 was shown at Eccles Library.
Now O'Neill has self-published his book, called Don't Miss This...a set of 83 b/w photographs taken with an Olympus XA camera in the 1980's.

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