Shopkeepers of the World- Oral History Training
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...
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Joan’s story
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 those twists...
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Back in Hastings
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...
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