Posts Tagged ‘story’

Ivan the bull travelled by train….

Posted on: 9th May 2013 No Comments

Steve's Story- Livestock Farming through the generations from StoryLines on Vimeo. Here is another digital story, created for Tallys an Tir, made working with Steve who farms near St.Breward on Bodmin Moor. Coming from a line of farmers and with 2 of his sons already farming with him, Steve has some great stories to tell. […]

Interviews on the Roseland

Posted on: 29th April 2013 No Comments

Last week we visited St.Just in Roseland to follow up our recent Memory Walk with some individual interviews with local people. Over the day we did a selection of recordings about the area and collected some brilliant old photographs to accompany these. These included an interview with a resident who is nearly an impressive 100! […]

Weaving on sheep hurdles

Posted on: 25th April 2013 No Comments

Another great workshop at Rosehip Barn on Trefranck Farm this week. This time we welcomed Altarnun School to the farm, working with year 3 & 4 into the barn. Over the day the children learnt about the history of the farm/barn through the story of ‘The Cats of Trefranck.’ They then did some wonderful site-specific […]

The cats of Trefranck

Posted on: 19th April 2013 No Comments

This week we had a brilliant time at Rosehip Barn at Trefranck Farm, working with the children of South Petherwin school to respond to farm visits with movement and art. The children learnt about the history of the barn and the farm through this short story, told by Mrs.Tibbs chief mouse catcher on Bodmin Moor! […]

Kicked!

Posted on: 4th March 2013 No Comments

Here’s another great short story by farmer Brindley Hosken. Whenever I showed visitors around my milking parlour, usually their first question was, “do you ever get kicked.” The answer surprisingly was, not very often.  I was kicked in the leg once and knocked down into the shi**y straw. This was probably my own fault for […]

Mysterious objects and Cornish phrases!

Posted on: 1st March 2013 No Comments

Thank you to everyone who came to the Storytelling event at Gunwen Chapel this week. Another thank you to those who brought along such interesting objects to share, Sheila for reading out some of her poems and Margaret for her Cornish phrases. One more thank you to local chef Sanjay for bringing in some delicious […]

Heather’s Story- Always a pleasure…

Posted on: 11th February 2013 2 Comments

Heather's Story- Childhood memories of farming in Cornwall from StoryLines on Vimeo. Here is another digital story that we have made by editing down an oral history interview and linking this with images. This is the story of Heather Rogers, a livestock farmer from near St.Ives. This story gives a taster of Heathers life on […]

45 years of memories of Frenchman’s creek

Posted on: 21st December 2012 No Comments

Do you have a special place where you go… to contemplate… to get space… to remember… to appreciate beauty…to gain perspective? It’s funny how places change with time and experience, collecting together memories and growing older. In this short story Brindley, a farmer near Manaccan, recalls his memories of Frenchman’s creek. From 45 years ago, […]

Coming between Geoffrey and his heifers!

Posted on: 18th December 2012 No Comments

Standing in a field talking to a farmer you hear all sorts of stories; “Here’s where…” “That cow…” “As a child…”  Not often are they written down. Farmer Brindley Hosken, who is one of our group at Manaccan, records some of his experiences and thoughts in his written short stories… Here is the first… Farming […]