Gods Own Junk Yard
At the weekend I visited Gods Own Junk Yard, a maker meetup kindly arranged by Dr Lucy Rogers of the Makers Guild.

It’s an amazing collection of Neon signs made or salvaged by Chris Bracey along with movie props and random historic items.


There’s also a small cafe serving coffee and cake and you can sit amongst the signs or out in the garden.

I definitely recommend visiting.

Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin





[…] Despite terrible trouble with the trains upto Birmingham I managed to see a lot of different things at Makers Central. I also managed to meet some makers and contacts I knew from Twitter. Unfortunately Makers Central clashed with the first Guild of Makers event (and I’d bought tickets way back) but I did manage to meet up with Dr Lucy Rogers and some makers at the amazing “Gods Own Junkyard“. […]