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We took a family trip to London today to go and see The Art of the Brick<\/a> exhibition in the Old Truman Brewery<\/a> near Spitalfields<\/a>. Our boys (aged seven and five) both enjoyed it and we wandered around to a lot of excited calls of “Daddy!” and “Mummy!” as they came across new things.<\/p>\n

Although a lot of the artefacts in the exhibition were\u00a0impressive, the notes about each exhibit came across as pretty\u00a0cheesy and at \u00a347 for all of us to get in it didn’t feel like great value for money. Still, we had fun and enjoyed a look around the market afterwards. Photos from the exhibition are below.<\/p>\n

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We took a family trip to London today to go and see The Art of the Brick exhibition in the Old Truman Brewery near Spitalfields. Our boys (aged seven and five) both enjoyed it and we wandered around to a lot of excited calls of “Daddy!” and “Mummy!” as they came across new things. 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