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 […]
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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 […]
Revealing City Hall Digital Stories
As part of our recent partnership with the Hall for Cornwall for the Revealing City Hall project, Storylines have have learnt a lot about the City Hall building, exploring the buildings history through the stories of people who have lived, loved and laughed within these walls. Storylines had the pleasure of conducting a series of oral histories with people […]
A journey around Cornwall in 1907
It’s always a privilege to hear peoples stories and look at family photographs. The focus of this film is a very special family album that documents Cornwall in 1907 through a 3 month long journey of 2 cousins who came from the USA to Cornwall to visit their family. In this short film, cousins Margaret […]
Past farming in the Gunwen area
In this short film Ivan, Hilary & Margaret reminisce about some of their old photographs, taken in Luxulyan area. Photos and memories focus on past farming in the area, illustrating just how much farming has changed within living memory. Some amazing archive photographs of the area and some lovely stories to accompany these.
