A project to piece together the history of Barton & Tredworth and its people will be launched next month (Thursday 3rd March) at the Picturedrome Theatre.
And it needs your help! If you are from the area and fancy piecing together a piece of living history, come along and find out more.
The project is looking for people who are willing to share their stories, and for volunteers to become involved as actors, oral history interviewers, digital storytelling facilitators and website designers. Training in oral history gathering, community website design, reminiscence theatre and digital storytelling are all being offered free to interested volunteers. For more information visit www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/hiddenlives
Hidden Lives will give local people, particularly 16-25 year olds, the chance to learn new skills by getting involved in creating and publishing heritage material, through audio recordings, short digitals films, reminiscence theatre and a permanent community website.
Barton and Tredworth is the second largest BME community in the South West and its demographic profile is continually changing. Recently it has seen a significant influx of people from Eastern and Southern Europe.
Hidden Lives was inspired by the three-volume Our Untold Stories history collection which covered the experiences of first generation immigrants within the Asian, African-Caribbean and Chinese communities in Gloucestershire. (Published 2001-2003) our very own Nasreen Akhtar here at GloucesterFM Radio (Co-presenter of Pukar)
The Hidden Lives project will be publicly launched on Thursday 3rd March at the Picturedrome Theatre at 7.30pm and people who work and live in Barton & Tredworth are invited to come along. There will be demonstrations of digital storytelling and reminiscence gathering as well as an opportunity to find out more about the project and get involved.
see more—>Hidden Lives of Barton & Tredworth
