Cultures and memories

A launch event for Celebrate Cumbria
A launch event for Celebrate Cumbria

Projects

Celebrating Cumbria’s LGBT history

The Celebrate project will collect memories, stories, photographs and objects in order to explore the heritage of LGBT communities in Cumbria.

Female football player, No Game For Girls project
A re-enactment of the first female munition workers football match in Coventry nearly 100 years on

Projects

No Game For Girls: A history of women's football in WW1

No game for girls explored how First World War munitionette football teams drew crowds of thousands before they were banned after the war by an anti-women’s football campaign.

Volunteer with archaeological find at Abberley dig
Volunteer with archaeological find at Abberley dig

Projects

Revealing medieval Abberley

Volunteers and school children used archaeological techniques to discover the lost heritage of Abberley, Worcestershire.

Workers of Rossendale Valley’s shoe manufacturing industry

Projects

Rossendale Footwear Heritage

The Rossendale Valley's fascinating but little known history of footwear manufacturing is now being shared for the first time with a wide and diverse audience.

Bread making session with the mobile oven.
Bread making session with the mobile oven

Projects

Bread In Common

Bread in Common explored 2,000 years of Newcastle baking traditions, from wartime loaves made from potato to the arrival of new breads from Poland and the Middle East.

An older woman is interviewed by four children
Children interview one of the project volunteers

Projects

Are Ye Askin

To mark the opening of the Beacon Arts Centre, Rig Arts celebrated the history of entertainment in Inverclyde throughout the 20th century.

An expert explaining the historical significance of the docks, on site

Projects

Queenhithe Dock Heritage Timeline

The heritage timeline will explore the histories of people and communities who have influenced the only surviving Anglo Saxon dock, Queenhithe dock.

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