OZZY OSBOURNE Lookalike Among Historic Figures Join Celebration At Reopening Of Aston Hall In Birmingham
July 19, 2009, 15 years ago
Birminghammail.net is reporting:
Music legend OZZY OSBOURNE – or at least a close likeness – came face-to-face with Aston Hall’s first owner, Sir Thomas Holte, during a weekend of celebrations to mark the stately home’s reopening.
Lookalike Izzy Ozzy transformed himself into the Aston-born Prince of Darkness as the 17th century estate welcomed back visitors over the weekend after a multi-million pound restoration project.
Other historic figures and celebrities whose images were recreated for the occasion included Charles I, who stayed in the Jacobean mansion in 1642, Queen Victoria, Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle and author Washington Irving.
Curator-manager, Gurminder Kenth, said thousands of visitors had been enticed to the venue.
“We were really busy with a couple of thousand people visitors on both Saturday and yesterday.“Both the cafe and the shop were packed and there was a lot of interest in a new permanent exhibition detailing the history of the Aston area.”
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