We’re delighted to share this digital story, made with Roger who recalls hedging on his families farm near Penzance and taking part in local Cornish Hedging competitions. This digital story was made in partnership with CREST, an exciting new initiative aiming to train and educate our communities in rural crafts and their vital importance to […]
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New toolkit to explore fashion and climate change
Our work with the Bude Climate Partnership continues with us devising a further toolkit to be used within the project’s community engagement. The focus of this latest toolkit is fashion, inspired by the fabulous Lauren who we worked with last year to the make this digital story… Using Lauren’s story as a springboard for sharing, […]
Spending time in nature with George
Our relationship with nature is a theme which we regularly explore through our work. Whether it be making withy pots or sea swimming, there are huge benefits to being connected to the environment. As part of our work with the Bude Climate partnership, we have been creating a series of digital stories and toolkits to […]
Puppets tell the story of Bude Storm Tower in a new community film
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 […]
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 […]
Bude Toolkits
In collaboration with the Bude Climate Partnership, we were tasked with creating a series of toolkits to help the community explore the area’s heritage, culture and environment, and understand the impacts of climate change here. At the heart of these are stories (of course!) which act as starting points for sharing, discussion and inspiration. We’ve […]
Longships Lighthouse- Malcolm’s Memories
We sure have missed sitting down with people to record their memories, but what a delight it was to spend time listening to Malcolm’s childhood spent living on various lighthouses and his fathers stint on the Longships Lighthouse off Lands End. Combining some of this conversation with some of Malcolm’s photos we’ve put together this […]
A Celebration and Screening of Stories in St Mawes
October 21st saw the Millenium Rooms in St Mawes decked out in celebratory style for the culmination of a year’s work between Storylines and The St.Just and St.Mawes Heritage Group. The screening of the 2 films which we made using much of the oral history material gathered during the year was to take place and […]
A Trip to Sea- Learning about Landmarks
We’ve written a lot about landmarks in the past, but never from the perspective of being at sea. So we were excited to join Jonny and Tony recently for a trip along the coast from Hallsands as part of the ‘Guardians of the Reef‘ project. Our aim was to document some of the names of […]
My Body, My Story
Over the weekend of 13th – 15th October , Totnes in Devon did something that it is so good at doing… it held a grassroots, community event. You might think there is nothing unusual about that, but this event was the BODYKIND FESTIVAL… the world’s first ever festival of body acceptance! And Storylines was there! […]
