Join us on Zoom for a talk exploring diversity in Tiverton’s history from its early medieval origins to later visitors and settlers. Tiverton’s history is deep and broad, taking in stories of refugees, ex slaves, entrepreneurs, farmworkers, entertainers and soldiers. During this digital event, the project team will share a collection of stories from different…
Author: Nicole Redfern
Telling Our Stories: Tiverton exhibition
We are very excited to be holding the first of our three project exhibitions: Telling Our Stories: Tiverton. Where: Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life, Becks Square, Tiverton EX16 6PJ When: 1st – 31st October 2020. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 11 am – 4 pm (please note that Saturdays are TBC – please check the…
Special Object Challenge
Hello superstar story-finders. Are you ready to be an archaeologist of personal objects, a discoverer of undiscovered items? Here’s our next Family Challenge. You can repeat this one for as many objects as you can get your hands on! The Special Object Challenge Ask someone from your family to choose an object which is special…
Conversation and a Cuppa Challenge
Hello superstar story-finders. Are you ready to be an explorer of family history, a discoverer of untold tales? Here’s our next Family Challenge. It’s time to get curious – what have you always wanted to know about your family member(s), but never had the time to ask? Conversation and a Cuppa Challenge Sit down with…
Family Photo Challenge
Hello superstar story-finders. Are you ready to be an explorer of family history, a discoverer of untold tales? Here’s the first of our Family Challenges. Family Photo Challenge Dig out some old photos from when your Mum / Dad / Aunty / Grandparents first moved to their house or town. Look at the photo: What…
Project on hold – Coronavirus
Due to the impact of the Coronavirus, we have taken the difficult but necessary decision to postpone the Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots project for the next two months (April and May 2020). We are intending to resume work in June 2020, providing the national and international situation has improved. But don’t worry –…
Reach Out, Reach In Challenge
We find ourselves in the midst of a new, scary and utterly unprecedented time. Confined to our own four walls, we are all required, for our collective wellbeing and safety, to ‘socially distance’ ourselves from friends, neighbours, colleagues, fellow citizens – even our own families. As planes ground, ferry ports are deserted, and borders close,…
Our oral history trainees. Photo: Chris Lavender.
Oral History Training Day
Community Heritage Coordinator Laurel Miller reports on our recent Oral History training day… Hearing a person telling their own story in their own voice is a very powerful way of engaging people with history. You can hear the emotions behind the account and feel a real connection with the person who is talking, and through…
Sketchbook: Jane Daniel
This week’s blog provides a special peek inside the creative mind of volunteer Jane Daniel… Jane lives in Bideford. She regularly produces artwork and poetry, including work expressing her feelings about growing up as a person of mixed heritage in Devon. Jane has shared two of her paintings below.
Research Skills Training Day
Community Heritage Coordinator Rose writes about our training day at the Devon Heritage Centre… Last Monday, volunteers from the three project towns spent the day learning about archival and digital research techniques at the Devon Heritage Centre, part of the South West Heritage Trust. We all gathered in the Outreach room for hot drinks and…
Get in touch
We’d love to hear from you. You can get in touch in the following ways. Call us on: 01392 438811 Write to/visit us at: Devon Development Education, 17 St Davids Hill, Exeter EX4 3RG. Email us on: dde@globalcentredevon.org.uk. Or if you’d like to get in touch directly with our Project Coordinator or Community Heritage Coordinators,…
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