Oral histories stitched into cloth – a DVD for schools and libraries Following on from our 3 year programme, the hugely successful Ship of Dreams Exhibition in 2011, Stitches in Time is pleased to present an accompanying oral history project for schools and libraries. Ship of Dreams is an intergenerational project that captures and shares the common cultural heritage and histories of the east London Docks from the 1930’s to the 1980’s, as told by local residents. Seven Tower Hamlets residents are interviewed, Bill Crooks talks about his work as a docker between 1955 and 1980 and Maisie describes seeing barges unloading exotic cargoes of sugar and spices. The dvd uses the interviews and images, of textiles from the exhibition, to bring to life memories of working lives. 12 schools and 3 parents groups participated in researching and making textile sails for the exhibition, you can see images from these sails in the DVD. Older peoples groups also took part, transcribing images of dockworkers and cargoes onto cloth. Exhibition / DVD notes for teachers can be downloaded from this website and the dvd will be available to schools in January 2012. The Ship of Dreams Project and dvd were funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.  |
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Ship of Dreamsposted 21 Dec 2011 05:01 by SIT WEB [ updated 21 Dec 2011 05:02 ] |