Cultures and memories

Young people trying on costumes at Bath Costume Museum
Young people enjoy trying on costumes and finding out about fashion in the past

Projects

Fabric of Life

LGBT+ young people in Wiltshire explore fashion and identity.

Project participant researching circus performers and characters
A project participant gets into her research

Projects

Circadius

Young people from the communities of Muirhouse and Pilton in Edinburgh have been exploring the traditions and evolution of travelling circuses.

Young actor playing the part of an ice cream seller for visiting school pupils
Young actor playing the part of an ice cream seller for visiting school pupils

Projects

New Street Station history project for young people

Young people from Midland Actors Theatre joined the Library of Birmingham to explore and share the 160-year history of New Street Station.

North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group riot shield installation
North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group riot shield installation

Projects

Miners strike 1984-1985: 30 years on

Thirty years after the 1984-5 miners' strike, North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group collected and shared the memories of local people.

A person cleans a display cabinet in the Henshaws exhibition
An exhibition featuring oral histories about Henshaws

Projects

Henshaws: One Man's Vision

When Thomas Henshaw died in 1810, he left a legacy of £20,000 in his will to establish an 'Asylum for the Indigent Blind' in Manchester.

Young people working on the digital stories
Project participants working creating digital stories

Projects

Race through the Generations

This multi-media, intergenerational storytelling project explored the racial heritage of Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

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