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 […]
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Gwelan Podcasts in the Guardian
When putting digital stories and podcasts out into the world you never know who is going to listen and what impact they might have. It was a lovely surprise to see the Gwelan podcast discussed in a recent Guardian piece on ‘8 Great UK winter walks.’ Listening to the Gwelan podcast as she walks, the […]
Object Stories at the Maritime Museum
Everyday objects can hold incredible stories. This was certainly the case for the stories we heard from the Robertson family at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Each object story provides a portal into this familie’s incredible experience. After being shipwrecked by killer whales in the Pacific ocean in 1972, the Robertson family, along with hitchhiker […]
Memorial Hall Memories in St.Mabyn
We are always delighted to be asked to help record oral histories for community groups, and recently had the pleasure of spending time in St.Mabyn hearing about the Peace Memorial Hall. 100 years on from being built through public subscription, the building has witnessed many a community event. From gardening clubs to a doctor’s surgery, dances […]
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 […]
Bude Stories and Toolkits now online
If you haven’t seen the digital stories we made in Bude, then we’re delighted to share them. They are now online for all to see. The accompanying climate change toolkit is now also online through the Bude Climate Partnership website here.
Our Bude, Our Stories workshops
Workshops Following on from our time in Bude last summer finding out about the numerous and exciting initiatives blossoming in the town and interviewing locals, the past couple of months have seen us delivering a series of workshops here. These climate change workshops used the toolkits we created in partnership with the Bude Climate Partnership. The […]
Small boat, big story
What an honour it was to be invited to record the Robertson family’s memories of their survival following being shipwrecked by killer whales in the Pacific. The National Maritime Museum Cornwall are custodians of the Ednamair (the small dinghy in which the family were found) and a fascinating collection of smaller objects that were saved […]
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 […]
Screenings, Stories & Sharing in Bude
After spending the last year working on a series of toolkits with the Bude Climate Partnership, we’re delighted to use these to deliver a series of workshops over May and June 2022. The toolkits, which look enticing in their repurposed casing, will be used to help the community explore the area’s heritage, culture and environment, […]
