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, […]
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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 […]
Gwelan Podcasts- Myth, Language and Legend in Mounts Bay
As part of the Gwelan podcasts, with artist Emma Smith, we continued our exploration of Mounts Bay, this time through the lens of myth, legend and language. We start with a poem from Angie Butler, who lives in Penzance. An avid book reader, as a child, with first dibs on the books which came through […]
Back to Bude for more Stories
After our initial visit to Bude when we were bowled over by the welcome we received and with the uniquely beautiful local landscape, we couldn’t wait to go back up to North Cornwall to unearth some more stories. In collaboration with the Bude Climate Partnership, we have been tasked with creating resources to help the […]
Gwelen Podcasts – The Sea from Land in Mounts Bay
As you move around the coastline of Mounts Bay, your view of the Mount and bay shifts. As the weather and the seasons change, it shifts even more. Some views, such as coming along the A30 through Crowlas when the Mount suddenly appears, are treasured by many… the sign of “Ah we’re home”. And some […]
Gwelan Podcasts- Exploring Mounts Bay
This Summer Storylines were invited to collect memories and reflections about Mounts Bay to feed a series of podcasts to accompany Gwelen, a new artwork by award winning artist Emma Smith and residents of West Penwith. Having been born in Penzance and brought up in Mounts Bay, Storylines Sarah in particular, was excited to have an opportunity […]
Oral History Training with Storylines
Over the past year Storylines have been working with the Hypatia Trust as part of the Women of Cornish Music- Past and Present project, which is uncovering and celebrating the contributions of women to Cornwall’s musical heritage. As a team of passionate women we were delighted to be involved in a project that will rebalance […]
Covid Stories from all the Generations
Since the first lockdown in Spring 2020 we have had the joy of collaborating with the Penlee Family Project, a fabulous intergenerational community support group based in Pool. To help the project continue to engage with their community remotely, and with thanks to additional funding from the Cornwall Community Foundation, Storylines created a series of […]
Children at Sennen School reflect on lockdown
As we enter another lockdown, we are tucked away opening envelopes filled with children’s responses to the first lockdown. This past year has been a challenging one to say the least and it’s so important to process what we’re going through, reflect together and share our stories. Whatever our age, we are all impacted by […]
What’s in that pocket? Intergenerational Exchange Books
During this challenging time we have been very blessed to have had continuous collaboration with Penlee Family Project in Pool who have asked us to further contribute to their Library of Us project. This time we made very different books and POCKETS was the name of the game! Everyone loves delving into a pocket to […]
