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You Lived Here Mrs Pool(e)


  • South Square Gallery Thornton BD13 3LD United Kingdom (map)

7 November - 20 December

Gallery open Tues - Sun 12-3pm. Other times may be possible by prior arrangement with the gallery  (01274 834747)

Mrs Poole lived in my house a hundred years ago. When her landlord died the house was ..."in the occupancy of Mrs Poole". Three years later it was ..."formerly in the occupancy of Mrs Poole and now unoccupied". There is no first name, no occupation, no husband or family. 

On an earlier electoral roll her name is spelt without an 'e' although it is almost certainly the same person. Even the spelling of our names get lost in time. 

She lived in a rapidly growing, thriving town. Vestiges of ironwork left in stone suggest what once existed; whilst the meaning of mysterious marks carved into kerb stones has been forgotten.

In this exhibition of recent work I investigate memory, loss, the marks we make and the things we leave behind.

7 November - 20 December 2015

Gallery open Tues - Sun 12-3pm. Other times may be possible by prior arrangement with the gallery  (01274 834747)

Earlier Event: September 19
Batley Open Art Exhibition
Later Event: April 25
Pull the Plug fundraising exhibition