You may remember last year we received funding from the Cornwall Council’s Community Capacity Fund; part of the Good Growth Programme, to carry out a feasibility study to inform a new project about the unsung work of women. We were one of 144 community- based organisations that have received funding from this pot, which was […]
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Unsung stories of women’s work
For quite some time Storylines has been wanting to explore the unsung stories of women’s work that have gone largely unshared across the generations. A project like this would shed light on the pivotal role that women played in homes, livelihoods, and communities. To set this in motion we needed to identify where this would […]
Remembering Tricia
Those who have worked with Storylines over the years may have had the joy of meeting Tricia. Tricia was a huge supporter of Storylines and was involved in numerous projects with us over the past decade. It is with huge sadness that we share that Tricia has passed away, and we wanted to take some […]
Every Withy Pot tells a story
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 […]
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 […]
