So finally we got the three musketeers in a lesson together and brought all our ideas together, which has made us panic a little less.
We visited the the ‘Life of Lincolnshire’ museum which to me and Charlie there wasn’t that much we could use for our idea. But we did come across a bit where you could dress up in old clothes, this was brilliant as now we have a costume choice to use for the old part of the grandstand we are doing. This suggested we should dress Charlie up in 1960’s clothes as the date we are using on one side is 1964 and the other will be the current day.
So as you can see on your left is the past date we will be using and on the right is the date of the show but as well as the day off the races. that is happening in Chester. As you can also see they are 50 years between the dates which brings us to using 50 years of the race track/grandstand history. But also the Lincoln City Council plaque is dated 1990 which makes it look a bit better, showing a bit more history but also a date in between the two that is used.

One thing that really caught our eye at the museum was the end of the race track pole. Which we are now going to use cardboard and cut up are own pole and stick it to one of the post at the front. We like the history behind the pole and the fact it is still in a museum and we never knew, like they said ‘you learn something new everyday.’
So like before we made a race track for the 1964 part, we used all the old horses names again and the jockey’s weights which we used stones and pennies the represent the weights. The old pole looks good on the post we are using as it makes it look like it’s the end of the track. 

 You can’t see what is written on the pieces of paper but we put the times at the bottom and the lengths of the races at the top, also in the centre of the shutter window is a piece saying what the actually event is called. So after using these ideas Michael was telling using about using chalk paint on wood which we think is brilliant. So instead of paper we are going to use wood, paint them with chalk paint and write each event before the race times on them. Like being in an old bookies.

 With the present side we have been playing around with it due to not being able to know the horses racing yet or even the bet ranking on them. Callum recorded a made up horse commentary so we could show what we was trying to do and how loud it would be on the day. This is one of our most exciting parts of the piece, using real life betting slips and the audience are involved with the piece by the history (some may remember) and the bets which if the horse wins they win money.
After looking around museums and how old races was done we like the idea of a news reporter but also a tour guide. In the present it’s like your there on the day getting your bets, everyone’s cheering or worrying about their winnings and you have the news reporting, reporting the facts but then you have the tour guide telling you about 50 years at the grandstand and the race track.
Finally getting the pieces together.