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About the Project How to Catch the Echoes How to Catch the Echoes Available during all park opening times (01639) 881635 1. Pick up an MP3 player from the www.catchtheechoes.com Eavesdrop on voices from the past entrance kiosk to hear the stories. at Margam Park Loan a device free of charge. 2. Or if you prefer you can swipe your FREE smart phone over the special QR Written by markers around the park and access David Hughes the echoes via our online soundfiles. with contributions by the Neath Port Talbot Young Writers Squad and Appropriate reader app required The Pontardawe Arts Centre Script Café Music Composed and Played by Andy Jones Created and Directed by About the Project Derek Cobley Performed by Writer David Hughes has imagined a moment in Thomos Humphreys the life of just six of the hundreds of people who Nicole Moran have worked, visited or lived on the estate over Francine Morgan Meyrick Sheen the centuries. Ken Tucker In addition the writers from the Pontardawe Script Joanna Ward Café and the Neath Port Talbot Young Writer’s with Maisie Noon Squad have each created a montage of the voices Bethan Golding Steffan Davies that might have been heard at two other moments in Tracey Davies Richard Shepherd the stories of the village of Margam. from Coed Hiwaun Primary School In eight spots in the park, as you pause to take in Young Writers Squad Writers your surroundings, you can listen to the villagers as James Carver, Chloe Evans, Samuel Harris, Becky Hopkin, Jemina Howell, Pepe Lukas, they gossip, grumble, and confide their thoughts Sophie Pain, Nia Williams, about their lives. Pontardawe Script Café Writers: Recorded by actors from the area, with musical Brian Cainen, Julie Ann Grey, Emily Hinshelwood, introductions specially composed and played by Andy Gerri Hughes, Caroline James, Anna Smith, Jones, the sequence combines to give us a unique and Celia Thomas, Ceri Thomas, Tina Walker, Emma Whitney, Hilary Whickers. dramatic glimpse of Margam’s story. Recorded at Vibe TV Studios The eight stories are also available on the Neath Port Recording Engineer Eoin McLoughlin Talbot website: catchtheechoes.com A Pontardawe Arts Centre production While the eight stories form a sequence, if you prefer funded through the Arts Council of Wales A digital you can listen to just one, or hear the voices in any order. sound installation Each story lasts approximately 6 - 7 minutes. 6 Eavesdrop on voices from the past 8 at Margam Park 7 1181 1820 1 1 The Archbishop visits Margam recruiting men 5 The Mansel family plan to return to go on the Crusade. - OWAIN’S STORY from Gower to their new House. 2 The village of Margam is cleared to 1538 make way for a new road. - THE VILLAGER’S STORIES 2 After Henry V111’s closure of the Abbey, the 4 community up around the Abbey adjusts to a new world. - RHIANNON’S STORY 1853 6 Guests at the castle take some of the first 3 5 1630 photographs. - NANCY’S STORY 3 After a storm a wreck is found on the beach. - THE VILLAGER’S STORIES 1944 7 American troops are in residence at the castle 1802 training for D Day. - GRIFF’S STORY 4 Admiral Nelson accompanied by Emma Hamilton and her husband visit Margam. 8 2012 - EILEEN’S STORY - ARTHUR’S STORY 1538 Who lived here? Who worked in the park? What stories might they have to tell? 1181 As you explore the park eavesdrop on those who once walked where 1820 you are walking. 1944 www.catchtheechoes.com 1630.
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