Community heritage

As part of the All Our Stories programme, young people focused on the heritage of the coal and steel industry of South Yorkshire and were empowered to tell the local story of industrial decline.

In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury bringing the very first migrants from the Caribbean to settle in Britain. There are many in the Watford community who arrived then, or in the ten years that followed, in what has subsequently become known as the “Windrush Decade”.

Volunteers used the Otley Museum archives to create a digital map showing the address of every person on the town’s war memorial.

This project is exploring the impact of the First World War on the people of Broadland, from the perspectives of the men who went to war and those who remained at home.

Montgomery Town Council restored an existing First World War memorial, created a small memorial garden and researched the names of those fallen in the war, gathering stories to create a leaflet and exhibition.

The Call Up helped participants piece together the lives of refugees living in Hampshire during the First World War.

Creative Waves Community Arts enabled young and old residents of Worthing to rediscover their town.

Cultures CIC led a First World War project put together by the young people in the Teesside area which explored the contributions of African people and the effect of the war on the African continent.

Swaledale Big Dig is uncovering and recording the archaeology and history of the local settlements of Grinton and Reeth.

This project saw the creation of a series of mini accessible and sensory-rich interpretation guides to the outdoor landscape of the clay trails in mid Cornwall.

The Tracks in Time project enabled the people of Netherfield in Nottinghamshire to celebrate and explore the town’s unique history.

This project explored the period between World Wars in Aylesbury through research and interviewing locals about their experiences.