Since our recent delivery of the Compass Point resources we devised, over 600 local children have been busily engaged with the past, present and future of Bude Storm Tower. This only left one piece of the jigsaw to complete… the film telling the story of the Storm Tower, as seen through the eyes of a […]
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Returning to Bude- Young people on climate change
As our work with the brilliant Bude Climate Partnership continues, we’ve been back on the prowl for stories. This time from young people on climate change themes. We are adding to the collection of the 9 digital stories we’ve already made with the community here. These local digital stories provide starting points for exploring the […]
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 […]
Gathering children’s thoughts on Climate Change
Did you know that Bude is currently holding a Community Jury on Climate Change? It’s rather exciting and Storylines are excited to be playing a small role in it. Organised by the Bude Climate Partnership and facilitated by Shared Future, a Community Jury have formed to talk about the vital issue of climate change. This small […]
Documenting Withy Pot Making
Over the past few months Sarah has enjoyed supporting talented jeweller Anna Pope through the Cultivator mentoring scheme. Anna wanted to learn more about how she could record, share and preserve the stories she was hearing through her project, Jewelwithy. The Jewelwithy project reflected Anna’s passion for the endangered craft of withy pot making. This […]
Creative resources for children to explore iconic Storm Tower
Some of you may have seen recent press articles detailing how Bude’s iconic Storm Tower has begun it’s 100 metre journey away from the eroding coastline. To mark this historic event, Storylines has been tasked with producing creative resources for hundreds of local school children. Bude’s Storm Tower Sitting precariously on the cliff edge, it […]
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 […]
Interpretation Panels to Discover Mounts Bay
Following on from the series of podcasts we created as part of Gwelan with artist Emma Smith and residents of West Penwith, Storylines were delighted to be asked to produce content for a series of interpretation panels to help people discover Mounts Bay. We hope that visitors to the coast path between Marazion and Penzance will be […]
Schooner Stories- Schools Workshop
Storylines was delighted to be welcomed back into Devoran School recently for a schools workshop exploring Cornish merchant schooners. Year 6 learnt about these vessels through a series of digital stories, doing some excellent listening and note taking. Here’s just one of the digital stories we made with the fabulous Robbie and Maureen Tatlow who had […]
Memories of St.Austell from 4 Cornish Bards
Through our work we often meet people who are passionate about their heritage. This was certainly the case for our recent visit to the , where we had the pleasure of recording 4 Cornish bards. The aim of the recordings was to record memories of St.Austell, making a series of simple digital stories which could be […]
