Carla Valentine

Carla Valentine Instagram – 🎉 Cause for CELEBRATION! 🎉 To say the last 2 years have been a nightmare in many ways is an understatement. Following COVID I was made redundant, survived an overdose, managed to claw back my job with a grant, then experienced the death of my only sibling (my little brother, in his 30s) to Ewing’s Sarcoma, then faced redundancy AGAIN once the grant ran out. I’ve finally been told I’m no longer redundant and in fact the job I have at the pathology museum – a job I’ve had for 10 years exactly this October 31st – is safe! And it’s not only safe for a year, but at least 3 YEARS!! I’m over the moon, and that’s definitely an understatement 🎉 Those who know me know I took the place from absolutely nothing to what became a thriving location for filming, talks, taxidermy classes, heart preservation workshops, podcasts and more… before COVID hit. I’m thrilled to be able to stay for a while to get the museum back to what it was before my year of maternity leave (which began the museum’s re-decline) and the pandemic, which was nearly the nail in its coffin. I’m celebrating with this pic of my day showing Henry Rollins around, which is my favourite of all the days I’ve had in the last decade at Bart’s Pathology Museum, not only because it was a dream come true at the time, but because Henry still stays in contact and even gets in touch to offer me free seats for his London shows. It makes me feel like the luckiest person in the world and I’m so grateful that my teenage dreams all came true at this museum, my 2nd home. I hope to see as many of you as possible there now that I’m staying and capacity limitations have been lifted, and really trying to organise one workshop before Christmas. Watch this space!!! (Enquire at [email protected])
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