by Memoirs | Nov 13, 2018 | News, Training
We were very pleased to attend the private view of the Pictured Memories exhibition at Gallery North in Hailsham. It was lovely to see the end results of this innovative project. A group of students interviewed the residents of Bowes House care home and then...
by Memoirs | Aug 9, 2018 | Memoirs, News
I love the feeling of sending off a Spoken Memoir in its special box and reflecting back on the interview and the clients I have worked with. The box I sent off today contained an interview I did with a couple who have been married for over 60 years. It’s not...
by Memoirs | Apr 30, 2018 | Uncategorised
What do the objects we own tell us about who we are and what kind of memories and stories might we have about them? Shopkeepers of the World is a project uniting and celebrating the culture of shopping in St Leonards on Sea and Bexhill, exploring the charity shop as a...
by Memoirs | Apr 12, 2018 | Memoirs
There are so many times during an oral history interview when you hear a story that makes you stop in your tracks. Joan’s story of her trip to her local butchers in Charlton, south east London in 1944 was one of those stories. It’s an example of one of...
by Memoirs | Apr 5, 2018 | Training
Another enjoyable day in Hastings for the Hastings Arts and Heritage Trail interviews. This time it was to investigate the history of the romantically named Tamarisk steps in the Old Town, and a lovingly preserved jewellery shop opened in 1925, that has been in the...
