On My Way To Jorvik: A humorous memoir of how a boy with a vision became a radical designer, created Dusty Bin, made films with Kenny Everett then revolutionised visitor attraction design forever

by John Sunderland

Overview

'Why can't museums be more like films?' thought 11-year-old John Sunderland. 

 

He was a truant in a West Yorkshire grammar school, a maths failure, a great respecter of art and history and loved films. He went on to create the iconic British TV cartoon character Dusty Bin and made films with the zany comedian Kenny Everett. He turned out to be the perfect person to solve the quandary of the British archeologists who wanted to bring the 10^th century finds of Viking York to life for the public. 

 

Told with unremitting Yorkshire wit, you'll romp chortling through this uproarious, incredible behind-the-scenes account of how John landed the position of Project Designer of the original Jorvik Viking Centre and changed the way Britain's cultural heritage would be presented from then on. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798985440010
Publisher:	John Sunderland
Publication date:	03/18/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	266
File size:	12 MB
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Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Kingdom of Truant

2 A Big Respecter of Art

3 Blue Bottle in the Barrel

4 Birth of the Bin

5 The Future of the Past

6 The Beautiful Burp

7 Invisible Guests

8 More than A Frying Pan

9 So Many Grandmas

10 Historium - Where History Comes To Life

11 Backwards in Time

12 The Smelly Oscar Nomination - The Golden Stinker

13 Meticulously Modeled Muck and Waste

14 HRH Prince Charles Lost in Time