Carnival of the Cats
Sunday 23rd April
Meeting time: 14:00
Meeting place: at the Iceland end of Spring Gardens: look for us on the pedestrian area near the Sylvan Car Park, SK17 6BY
End time: probably about 15:00
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| follow the scimitar-tooth! |
In a celebration of the Lost Animals of Derbyshire, we’re bringing our Big Cats to Spring Gardens.
Over the last 4 months ( look at this blog for lost of Lost Cats posts), people have been exploring the animals that lived here once. We’ve concentrated on the predators: Cave Lions, Scimitar-toothed Cats, Lynx, Wolf and Cave Bear, but others have wandered through. There have been pop-up mammoths and wild horses. There is a swarm of invented prehistoric mice out there somewhere
Now, we’re bringing them back: walking our animals along Spring Gardens, before settling on the lawns of The Slopes and watching visitors admiring our town (and not eating ANYONE)
(Please note, we’ve switched the end of the Parade from Pavilion Gardens to The Slopes)
Join us for a wander, a prowl and perhaps a growl
Bring:
yourself- anything you have made with us in one of these workshops
- or your own Lost cats/big cat wonders
- a picnic to nibble on The Slopes
- a Lost Cat inspired cake if you want: maybe a Cat Cake or a cake that looks like a mouse or that a mouse has just nibbled
Keep track of any updates, extra mice and occasional purrs on our social media:
Look for
Creeping Toad
On social media
Find out more:
check out Buxton Museum and Art Gallery both on line and in the flesh (just across Terrace Road from The Slopes) for information on the animals that lived here once! If you visit the museum you can see a cave lion's leg bones and a Homotherium's scimitar teeth!
Lost Cats has been a Creeping Toad project organised for Our Street, Buxton, to encourage people to look at our town and reflect on change and promise. Our Cats are also part of the Wild Escape initiative connecting museum collections with the wider world around us. Other partners include Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust and Buxton Civic Association
forget George and the Dragons, we’ve got Big Cats
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