Cultures and memories

Historic photo of woman in street

Projects

Worcester Life Stories

Worcester Life Stories are building an online platform for recording and sharing local stories.

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Project participants

Projects

Rediscovering 800 years of disability history

The Accentuate History of Place focuses on exploring disabled people’s lives from the Middle Ages to the present day, in relation to built heritage.

The evocative Lagans Road, from the poem 'Edward Thomas on the Lagans Road'
The evocative Lagans Road, from the poem 'Edward Thomas on the Lagans Road'

Projects

Seamus Heaney HomeGround Project

The Living Past project aims to preserve the literary heritage of Seamus Heaney, and the natural heritage that inspired his works.

people in cafe

Projects

Caribbean takeaway and oral histories shared

The stories of 10 Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s and 1960s, have been recorded and shared for the first time.

Participants in the Windrush Intergenerational Project
Participants in the Windrush Intergenerational Project

Projects

The Windrush Intergenerational Project

Young people at Pentrehafod School explored the experiences of 'Windrush generations' in the UK since 1948.

Inside the pop-up museum
Inside the pop-up museum

Projects

Are You Here. A pop-up museum of LGBT history

This project established a pop-up museum of LGBT+ history, curated by young people that celebrates four decades (1976-2016) across Merseyside.

Young hockey players interview older people
Young hockey players interviewing local people.

Projects

50 Years of the Barford Tigers

Young people recorded stories of their successful Birmingham hockey club, the Barford Tigers, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.