The more time we spend with withy pot makers through the Withy Lore project, the more aware we’ve become of the differences in style, size and character of withy pots (willow pots used to catch shellfish). Looking at a pot now, we see subtle differences in technique, form and materials. Each of these elements tells […]
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Learning about Cornish Hedging
We have recently had the pleasure of meeting Helen from the Cornwall Rural Education and Skills Trust (CREST) and begun exploring how we might collaborate. CREST is an exciting new organisation that advocates and celebrates ancient rural crafts that use the natural landscape materials of Cornwall and facilitates the passing on of heritage skills. This […]
Seeking memories of the Palais de Danse in St.Ives
Do you, or anyone you know, have memories of the Palais de Danse? Whether this be attending a dance, concert, cinema or as guest of Barbara Hepworth who had her second studio in the building. Or, if you can think of anything else, we’d love to hear from you. The Palais de Danse, located opposite […]
Pub Stories with Small Acts
Part of Storylines work involved supporting others to record and share oral history. A while back we supported the brilliant Katie and Simon from Small Acts through bespoke oral history training. The oral histories they captured were from brewers, publicans, communities and pub campaigners in Cornwall, exploring the enduring role of pubs in our lives […]
Thoughts on… Oral History
At the heart of our work is deep listening. We often do this through conducting oral history recordings. Recording someone’s memories and reflections is a true privilege and there is huge value in both the process and the recording itself. We have recently been conducting a lot of oral history recordings for different organisations and […]
SSE Graduation at the Eden Project
Over this past year Storylines Sarah has joined an inspiring group of social entrepreneurs on the SSE Trade Up programme. A graduation event held at the Eden Project was a great way to end the programme and celebrate everyone’s journey. Anyone who knows us knows that we are terrible at shouting about our work and […]
Celebrating Grampound
Over the last couple of years Storylines have been supporting the Grampound with Creed Heritage Project to gather oral histories from locals and weave these together with photos from their archives to create a series of digital stories. A screening event in the village was the perfect opportunity to share these and invite the community […]
Oral History Training with Storylines
Over the past year Storylines have been working with the Hypatia Trust as part of the Women of Cornish Music- Past and Present project, which is uncovering and celebrating the contributions of women to Cornwall’s musical heritage. As a team of passionate women we were delighted to be involved in a project that will rebalance […]
Covid Stories from all the Generations
Since the first lockdown in Spring 2020 we have had the joy of collaborating with the Penlee Family Project, a fabulous intergenerational community support group based in Pool. To help the project continue to engage with their community remotely, and with thanks to additional funding from the Cornwall Community Foundation, Storylines created a series of […]
What’s in that pocket? Intergenerational Exchange Books
During this challenging time we have been very blessed to have had continuous collaboration with Penlee Family Project in Pool who have asked us to further contribute to their Library of Us project. This time we made very different books and POCKETS was the name of the game! Everyone loves delving into a pocket to […]
