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Ugandan Asian exiles tell their story 28/08/2012 The expulsion of thousands of Asians from Uganda by dictator Idi Amin will be recalled 40 years after the event by community members living in London. A year-long project, run by the Haringey-based Council …

York Oral History Society wins Heritage Lottery Fund support 24/08/2012 In the 1970s, acclaimed York historian Dr Alf Peacock recorded interviews with 231 people who experienced the First World War. The diverse recordings are with veterans of all ranks …

Memories of south Wales’ Jewish communities shared at Cardiff exhibition 07/09/2012 The exhibition, which comes as a result of a three year project, shares the lives and stories of 60 members of the Cardiff Reform community and reflects on how their …

Balsall Heath launches diamond jubilee 12/09/2012 The Balsall Heath Local History Society will be getting local people to come up with ideas about which objects will best tell the story of this inner city area. Balsall Heath has a very diverse population …

When West Sussex went to war 12/09/2012 The Library Service will be working with the County Record Office plus volunteers, teachers, schoolchildren and students to create a vivid picture of how towns and villages, families and individuals were affected by …

£1.29million to regenerate the historic townscape of Ballymoney 11/10/2012 Last year the HLF approved Ballymoney Regeneration’s initial proposals to regenerate buildings within Ballymoney Conservation Area, and following 12 months of detailed development …

Pitt Rivers Museum wins Heritage Lottery Fund support of over £1million 15/10/2012 A £1.6million project in total, VERVE will fund vital conservation, sensitive refreshment of displays and much-improved case lighting, alongside a wide-ranging programme of …

Boost for Flow Country peatland restoration 11/10/2012 Flow to the Future is an ambitious plan, co-ordinated by the Peatlands Partnership, to restore seven square miles of globally important peatlands (blanket bog) in Caithness & Sutherland. This will …

Hyde Park's Speakers’ Corner gets its lively voices on record and into the classroom 16/10/2012 This volunteer-led project will preserve and celebrate the heritage of Speakers’Corner from 1866, when the Reform League tore down the gates of Hyde Park, to …

British Postal Museum & Archive secures initial support from Heritage Lottery Fund 09/10/2012 Initial HLF support has been granted for an application of £4.25million and development funding of £250,000 has been awarded. The new Postal Museum & Archive …