Take a walking tour of Rowland Emett’s Birmingham on Saturday June 21st:
Frederick Rowland Emett (1906-1990) was a Punch cartoonist who, uniquely, turned his drawings into reality. He built a series of amazing machines in the post-war decades, the most famous of which appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Birmingham was Emett’s hometown so this walk – led by Tim Griffiths from the Rowland Emett Society – visits some of the buildings associated with him in the city centre, finishing at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery where you can see many of his ingenious contraptions in action.
The event is a collaborative project between Flatpack and the Rowland Emett Society, and runs in conjunction with Marvellous Machines: The Wonderful World of Rowland Emett, currently exhibiting at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, until 21st September 2014.
This event also forms part of Love Architecture Festival, a programme of events taking place across June by RIBA West Midlands.
Tickets for the walk are available on the Flatpack website.