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Dry Stone Walling skills revival

The Dry Stone Walling project in Cumbria

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… five training bursaries throughout the North West and offering support for established dry stone wallers to … will also deliver an educational programme for schools and colleges providing access to online teaching resources … Having been awarded a first-round pass, the project now has up to two years to submit fully developed proposals …

Sun shines on Belleisle thanks to £1.9million award

Belleisle Park

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… award 20/01/2014 The award is the result of a bid prepared and submitted by South Ayrshire Council in partnership with … Limited, supported by the Friends of Belleisle and local community groups. It will now be used to deliver a five-year masterplan for the …

Learning to listen - top tips for a great oral history interview

Man in blue shirt

Blogs

… Perks, Lead Curator of Oral History at the British Library and Secretary/Editor of the Oral History Society. Recording … not only tells you what happened but why and how they now think about it. Memory and its retelling are complex, … you are interviewing more than a few close family members, then you will need to do some background research. Make sure …

The British Deaf Association secures Heritage Lottery Fund investment

News

… The three-year project aims to digitise this collection and put it at the heart of a wide-ranging education and outreach programme that will address the significant lack … rare footage of the 1935 World Games for the Deaf (now called Deaflympics) held in London. The films cover a …

Good news for Love Parks Week

Pafiliwn y Mount, Fleetwood, Sir Gaerhirfryn
Pafiliwn y Mount, Fleetwood, Sir Gaerhirfryn

News

… Fleetwood, Sir Gaerhirfryn 19/07/2018 It’s Love Parks Week and seven country, coastal and urban parks are celebrating a … there’s an elegant Victorian seaside gardens. All will now be restored, rejuvenated and reimagined following news of … on the land up until 1928, when it was purchased by the then local authority, Hendon Rural District Council, to …

‘Boston’ Manuscript of the Laws of Hywel Dda arrives home at NLW

News

… into the care of the Library’s conservators to be rebound and digitised. The manuscript was bought by the National … and in the National Library of Wales, where experts can now study and interpret it ensuring it is better understood … staff , conserved and a facsimile copy made and it will then be digitised so it can be exhibited on the Library’s …

Lost Mills and Ghost Mansions

A person wearing ear protection stands behind brightly coloured threads.
Ribbon Weaver at Wyedean Weaving Company. Credit: Tim Smith.

Projects

… Lost Mills and Ghost Mansions 20/02/2025 Ribbon Weaver at Wyedean … from material for suits to fabric for aeroplane seats. Now, most of the mills have closed and the buildings have … out interviews in several languages. The recordings were then transcribed and translated to make them accessible to …

Meet our committees: Megan de Silva

Megan de Silva, Aelod Pwyllgor Cymru
Megan de Silva, Aelod Pwyllgor Cymru

Blogs

… the hurdles she overcame to join the committee for Wales - and why she's glad she did. Why did you want to join an HLF … at work. I thought: “I’m passionate about heritage, people and communities and I really care about the environment. I’ve … as possible and they always arrive with plenty of time. I now look forward to the days when they arrive. What would you …

Saving Treasures, Telling Stories

A community archaeology project display
Community archaeology project display co-created by communities working with Tenby and Narberth Museums

Projects

… display co-created by communities working with Tenby and Narberth Museums Collecting Cultures Date awarded … local treasure-hunters, improving long-term relationships and collections. The project Saving Treasures: Telling … between detectorist communities and the local museums – now, detectorists are more willing to lend artefacts.  Top …

Let's celebrate

Tân gwyllt ym mharc Whitworth
Noson agoriadol yn y Whitworth. 'Blakean Abstract' gan Cornelia Parker 'Blakean Cemegol' - tân gwyllt gyda meteor y tu mewn (a osodwyd i ffwrdd gan Breath of a Physicist). / Llun: David Levene

News

… the UK. In Manchester, Maria Balshaw’s inspired leadership and vision has taken the Whitworth Gallery to a new point and … will come for the celebration, drawn by the media hype and then return for the buzz of the place, as much as for the art … Christmas in Wales’. These young people and their families now know beyond doubt that this centre of excellence is a …

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