A project to build a comprehensive living history of dentistry, the John McLean Archive, is seeking participants from across the UK to help make dental history. Participants are required to participate in the project’s next witness seminar in October; and to take part in an ongoing series of oral history interviews across the UK. The… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is looking for people to help tell the story of the Lake District’s high fells and bring alive the history of the iconic landscape and its wildlife. The Trust is exploring the changes to our landscape through the High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story project by recording the memories of those… [Read more…]
May 12, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
The Moors Memories Project is an oral history partnership project that aims to record the relationship between the people and the moors in and around the Peak District. They would like to hear about the changes to the landscape and way of life individuals may have witnessed and also hear from those who remember significant… [Read more…]
May 10, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
A volunteer from Colin Glen Forest Park in Belfast is looking for interviewees for an online oral history blog aimed at increasing interest and awareness of the park. Interviewees should be people who grew up around Colin Glen Forest Park from as far back as the 1920s and have stories to share about the park.… [Read more…]
May 4, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
One St Helens’ oldest brass bands, The Parr Band, is celebrating its 75th anniversary year with a help from a £22,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant. With the help of St Helens Council’s cultural funding advisor, the band has secured enough money to produce a commemorative booklet and DVD, stage an exhibition and hold two community presentations. One… [Read more…]
May 4, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
Vonlunteers are being recruited to help create a “living” collection of records, memories and photos of the Chester Mystery Plays since 1951. The company has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the “Sharing the Mystery” project, to create an archive of the plays in the modern era. Organisers behind the project want to use it… [Read more…]
May 19, 2011 by Fiona Cosson
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