Families visitng Portsmouth Cathedral on Saturday were able to pose for photos with the car outside and take part in a variety of activities inside the cathedral before watching the film Back to the Future together.
The activities include a recital in which the theme tune and music from the film was played on the cathedral’s organ.
In a different part of the cathedral, there was the chance for families to learn about navigation and measuring time, including making their own clocks.
The day is part of the cathedral’s annual theme of ‘Time’ which involves a screening of one Dr Who episode each month in the Dolphin pub opposite the cathedral, followed by discussions about its moral and spiritual implications.
Sharon Court, annual theme curator at Portsmouth Cathedral, told Premier: “We’ve got loads of things happening and one of the things we’re most excited about is the arrival of a full-size replica DeLorean car on the South front. It’s been lovingly created, all the pieces sourced by a chap [called Tom Reddaway]…and it’s beautiful, he’s really taken a lot of time to find all the right parts so it looks exactly like it did in the movie.”
When asked why they were focusing on a theme she explained: “The Cathedral’s had an annual theme for the last three or four years which shapes their outreach and their community engagement and it’s a way of helping people to…
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