Remembering the Solway Communities and Landscape: Voices across the Solway Remembering the Solway

The Project One of 29 projects within the Solway Wetlands Landscape Partnership Scheme Funded by the Heritage Lottery Started in 2015, ends Spring 2017

Aims To capture the memories of people living on the Solway Plain over the past century Why? Life and landscape has changed dramatically over the last 50-100 years There are still people around who have experienced these changes over time Technology allows us to preserve these memories for the future Oral history allows us to experience the past through the eyes of people It is often a means for people in communities to come together and develop their understanding and appreciation of the past

What are we doing Developed with project with some core local ambassadors Recruited and trained a group of volunteers in oral history practice The volunteers have identified local people to interview and carried out recordings Held fortnightly sessions to have a coffee and review the interviews carried out Held several community drop in days So far they have held and recorded interviews with 34 people with more to come Started making a short film of the project Still to come: Transcription of all interviews Design and publication of a booklet Upload as many of the interviews as possible to the web Create a complete archive of recordings for deposit in Tullie House Museum Social History Archive Hold a celebration event

Themes Farming and industry The Mosses Growing up The railway Pastimes

Remembering the Solway Communities and Landscape: Voices across the Solway Remembering the Solway