Projects, case studies and articles

Bill has written an article for CJS Focus on behalf of the Association for Heritage Interpretation. Published today, it is an introduction to outdoor interpretation for countryside property managers. Its currently online at http://www.countryside-jobs.com/Focus/Current.htm.

inHeritage have produced a panel for the Grenoside Reading Room about the history of the reading room linked to local industrialists. We developed the concept, liaised with the local history group, wrote the text, designed the panel and managed production.

Yesterday Hope and Castleton Historical Societies launched the Lives of the Common People exhibition at Castleton Visitor Centre.

Thank you to everyone who came to and helped make the Walkley Memories Day such a resounding success on Friday afternoon.

The Calver Weir oral history project is coming towards the end of the interview phase this month. Volunteers have completed over 14 interviews. Five of these are now online, which cover the early history of the mill, Sissons and the restoration of the weir. Future podcasts will include the river and Colditz.

The 2011 Tideswell Trails Hidden Histories self-guided leaflet used in Tideswell Church by local artist John Firth. He is using the map to locate his drawings of local places, asking people to guess the locations.  

Today we began work with Cottingham Parish Council on a series of workshops exploring the 18th Century history of the village, which lies on the outskirts of Hull. Over the next.three months we will deliver four workshtoops linking archival sources, archaeology and hands-on activities to discover childhood, costume, food and farming 300 years ago.

Great night with the Walkley historians last night. Seventeen people gathered around tables in Walkley Community Centre with maps, documents and photos to decide who is going to research what from the lives of WW1 soldiers through the early years of Walkley Reform Club to post-war life, slum clearance and the Walkley Action Group campaign.