I’ve been at the Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale today, it is somewhere I’ve driven past hundreds of times, but never given much of a thought to, it is a grand Victorian building (although its website is not so grand).
As I was there in the guise of paid employment I didn’t have my camera, or the time to dawdle around collecting blog fodder. But I did take a few snaps with my phone, of the wonderful polished limestone panels that line the main corridor of the building. It was dimly lit so the quality is poor, so I’ve played about with the images to try show you the fabulous fossils in the limestone.
It’s like gazing into a distant galaxy…
Fossils make me think how
the human race is just a little blip in time.
The Whitworth Centre is hosting part of the Derbyshire Open Arts Festival at the beginning of June, if I can face the bank holiday traffic, I may return for a more leisurely look around.
Uphilldowndale 
I never cease to wonder at where the sea or lake used to be and where it isn’t now. It is a pity you didn’t have your good camera with you.
Interesting post. Did you notice the spelling mistake in the Whitworth Centre’s website heading, and I have emailed them about it. xx
I had enough trouble spotting my own spelling mistakes yesterday, Mr Uhdd did a little editing 🙂
Sounds like a fascinating place to visit – I think your photos are wonderful! Daley Dale is a neat name 🙂
Oh deary me! That typo got past both of us… It is Darley Dale rather than Daley Dale 🙂 I’d best go edit the post 🙂
I followed all the links and once more conclude that the Victorians were tremendously complicated, here and there both. The fossil-rich panels are a pretty good example. Whitworth assuredly could afford anything, and chose polished limestone, filled with mysteries and things to think about. If memory serves, you took us to that art exhibit before and it was wonderful. I hope you do feel like going again.