The museum at Saturday Heritage Fair on October 28th

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The developing museum jauntily slid into the inaugural Saturday Heritage Fair just over a week ago, held at the Adult Education College (Leicester) organised by the Documentary Media Centre and the inimitable John Coster. It was there that I and the Lord Mayor discussed a German Drinking Songs CD and I learnt from her unexpected knowledge of bad German 80s song covers of "Schlager". I also met a woman who told me she'd practiced the ancient discipline of ninjitsu, a memory awakened and admission to me after seeing the Mystic Arts of the Ninja book on display, and something I honestly thought might be too much as I contemplated the weekend ahead as I travelled on the bus from London to the Midlands to take part... turns out it wasn't. Amazing. This is part of what I'm looking for in this large new CapCow project; ephemeral meetings, re-thinking and remembrances. The main goal of attending the fair was not getting "feedback" as the museum grows towards its full inception but having conversations with people around the pieces and trinkets that spanned from the 1930s, flying through lots of the 70s, 80s and 90s and see what it evoked in people. This then informs, inspires and possibly guides me in the continued construction and thinking of the new museum. Some of the words that come to mind that I want the museum to encapsulate are: unique, offbeat, modern, design, throwback. It was rewarding and eye-opening to put my thinking and philosophies out there, seeing people's faces as they pondered and picked things up handling them. Long conversations about old cinema and pro wrestling were had, and a really successful busy fair right from 10am until it closed in the mid-afternoon. Delightful, informative, enriching and useful.