Brunner, Baker & Beyond

Visit Catalyst FREE OF CHARGE on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September as part of the National Heritage Open Day Events.

The offer this year includes:

• Free access to the Centre (there is a charge for the workshops and show)
• The new Baker Gallery which charts the history of the production of chlorine at Castner Kellner in Runcorn since 1897, led by local chemist Harry Baker.
• A Brunner exhibition which explains the story of the great chemical industrialist, Sir John Brunner, who worked in the Catalyst building in the 1860s and who was one of the benefactors who funded and opened the Runcorn – Widnes Transporter Bridge in 1905.
• A community led exhibition of local people’s memorabilia celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.

Soap Suds workshops will run at 11.30am and 2.00pm

Come and learn about the history of soap production in this area then crush soap noodles, add a colour and a fragrance and mould your own bar of soap to take away.

The Medicine Show will run at 12.30pm and 3.00pm

This show will look at old medicine – ancient remedies and old wives’ tales, cures that people have passed down through the ages and whether or not there is any science behind them.

Tickets for the workshop or show cost £1.25 per person and are available each day at reception on a first come, first served basis.

For more information contact 0151 420 1121