I need your local history knowledge!
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:38 pm
Hello everybody and thanks for having me on the forum,
I've been reading all of the fabulous facts and historical stories that are posted on here, it really is a great history resource you have created.
The reason I am messaging is because I need your help. I am a freelance artist and ex primary school teacher who is currently working for Sefton Council's educational resources department. The council have asked me to make a website for local primary schools containing good quality history resources about local sefton history.
This is something that sefton really needs as currently, resources for schools aren't great (or at least the ones I know about) and as a result, local history isn't being taught very thoroughly in our schools.
I'm planning to make a series of digital animation short films telling the historical stories of local people and would love to have the voices of bootle residents past and present recorded and played along side the animations to make them interesting and engaging for local children.
This is where I need your help.
I really need some local people to volunteer to record their voices telling the historical stories of sefton. I'll take any story, long or short about any period of history that may be on interest. These stories can be about local parks, WW2, the history of the seafront, toys past and present, homes in the past, seaside holidays in the past, communication from the past, the development of the railways, british history heros, the slave trade, victorian britain, the british empire, how life has changed since 1948, ww1 the list is endless! Basically, I'll take anything you've got!
Due to covid regulations at the moment, I won't be allowed to meet with you directly but if you can record your stories using whatsaap on your phone (there is a microphone recording setting that I can explain to anyone who wants to have a go) or I can set up a zoom meeting with you and record the video of the meeting with your permission.
If anyone can help or if you can just pass this on to people who may be able to help then I would be extremely grateful.
Too much of primary school history is about London and far away places when actually, there is a wealth of history to be tapped into in our local area.
I really look forward to hopefully hearing from some of you who may be able to help,
Thank you in advance, happy new year and best wishes,
D Rogers
I've been reading all of the fabulous facts and historical stories that are posted on here, it really is a great history resource you have created.
The reason I am messaging is because I need your help. I am a freelance artist and ex primary school teacher who is currently working for Sefton Council's educational resources department. The council have asked me to make a website for local primary schools containing good quality history resources about local sefton history.
This is something that sefton really needs as currently, resources for schools aren't great (or at least the ones I know about) and as a result, local history isn't being taught very thoroughly in our schools.
I'm planning to make a series of digital animation short films telling the historical stories of local people and would love to have the voices of bootle residents past and present recorded and played along side the animations to make them interesting and engaging for local children.
This is where I need your help.
I really need some local people to volunteer to record their voices telling the historical stories of sefton. I'll take any story, long or short about any period of history that may be on interest. These stories can be about local parks, WW2, the history of the seafront, toys past and present, homes in the past, seaside holidays in the past, communication from the past, the development of the railways, british history heros, the slave trade, victorian britain, the british empire, how life has changed since 1948, ww1 the list is endless! Basically, I'll take anything you've got!
Due to covid regulations at the moment, I won't be allowed to meet with you directly but if you can record your stories using whatsaap on your phone (there is a microphone recording setting that I can explain to anyone who wants to have a go) or I can set up a zoom meeting with you and record the video of the meeting with your permission.
If anyone can help or if you can just pass this on to people who may be able to help then I would be extremely grateful.
Too much of primary school history is about London and far away places when actually, there is a wealth of history to be tapped into in our local area.
I really look forward to hopefully hearing from some of you who may be able to help,
Thank you in advance, happy new year and best wishes,
D Rogers