Cultures and memories

The Rhondda (Cold Knap) Lifeguard Club led an 18-month project to record memories to celebrate 50 years of the club.

A two-year project explored, collected and shared the social and cultural history of people with learning disabilities in the Liverpool and the Merseyside region.

Cardiff People First delivered a two year project working with people with learning disabilities from predominantly BAME cultural backgrounds, to learn about Welsh heritage in both Newport and Cardiff.

This project captured the memories of Pakistani residents of Burnley, highlighting their contribution to the town’s culture and development between 1960 and 2010.

School pupils explored Birmingham archives to discover more about how protesters helped win women the vote.

365 Leeds stories uncovered and shared the hidden history of people with learning difficulties in Leeds by interviewing people who remembered Meanwood Hospital.

Inspired by the archives held at the Lincolnshire Museum of Life, young people explored Lincoln’s history to develop a radio play about life in the First World War.

The project aims to bring together several generations of South Asians living in Bristol to identify and record their heritage. Desh means Motherland or Homeland in Hindi and Urdu.

Patrin focused on recording gypsy heritage through GPS mapping, photography and oral history interviews.

The Empire Cinema in Blackburn was one of the first purpose-built cinemas in the UK.

South West Youth Parliament members took part in a project to learn about people who campaigned for change in their communities and in politics.

This intergenerational project explored links between work and leisure, focusing on the Rotherham mining industry and football club, during the 1940s and 1950s.