Cultures and memories

The area of Gorton, situated to the south east of Manchester, celebrated its centenary of joining the City of Manchester through the Gorton 100 project.

Manchester Chinese archive trained volunteers to record, preserve and share a community’s hidden history.

Persecution and survival helped participants piece together the social history of refugees living in Oxford during the Second World War.

Heritage can be found in unexpected places and the inner city Leeds area of Little London boasts one of the widest range of communities to be found anywhere in the city.

The Women’s Archive of Wales recorded the experiences of women working in factories across the country after 1945, filling a gap in our social history.

Bread in Common explored 2,000 years of Newcastle baking traditions, from wartime loaves made from potato to the arrival of new breads from Poland and the Middle East.

To mark the opening of the Beacon Arts Centre, Rig Arts celebrated the history of entertainment in Inverclyde throughout the 20th century.

The Rossendale Valley's fascinating but little known history of footwear manufacturing is now being shared for the first time with a wide and diverse audience.

Volunteers helped to create an audio-visual exhibition exploring local historical figure John Galsworthy’s role in the First World War and his legacy in Kingston.

Our Our Day Out encouraged people to explore the Keith Medley photographic archive based at Liverpool John Moores University.

Young women from different ethnic backgrounds investigated and learned about the changing role of women over the past 100 years.