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Our Planned Activities: Keep an Eye Out! residents.
1. The Pipers of Allandale: a festival of events other to on experiences these pass can they that these spaces so so spaces these
celebrating and commemorating the unbelievable of use their enjoy and extend to s physical spaces, and newer residents residents newer and spaces, physical s ’
story of this amazing piping family and their losses community
during World War II at El Alamein in Egypt. We will the of experience and use everyday their through
be engaging with John Reid who has very kindly others with knowledge their share to residents
provided us with some artefacts on this story. John older for capacity the built also have We is. ea ea
will begin the festival with a talk, which will also ar the special how of understanding an and areas
signal the start of an exhibition on the story, with a these to attached significance historical amazing
visit to the Allandale area and a play based on the the surroundings, their of awareness critical higher
experiences of the women in the family. Our aim is much a with area their explore to people local for ve developed the capacity capacity the developed ve ’
that you hear the talk, view the artefacts, we activities our Through
experience the place where it all happened, and talk. the after and during questions
engage with the emotion, sadness and tenacity of great some with subject, the about John with engaged
and and talk this to along came residents the family that the play will evoke. We are fifteen Around
Local History Society. Society. History Local
developing a range of interactive materials to go Falkirk of Reid John by Castlecary
d d an Seabegs of Baronies The on Talk with this festival. This will take place in Bonnybridge Historical
Library at Easter, and run for around one month. 2. Booklets, postcard series and map packs on the
area which will encourage residents to collaborate time! long a quite us taking s ’
with us on building historical materials on the area. it that ve gathered so much material material much so gathered ve ’
3. Visits from a group of community workers We year. this on later for re currently writing new historical materials materials historical new writing currently re ’
based in Ledeberg in Belgium, who are We excerpts. book book and maps , artefacts
undertaking a study trip to Bonnybridge to learn images, archive, Herald
how we set up and manage our walking programme Falkirk the from stories be, to used there activities
and how they might be able to do something similar community of kinds the area,
in their community. the on data of lot a gathered We We
4. A knowledge sharing project with the history society Libraries. Bonnybridge
of Edenderry in Ireland, where many Bonnybridge and Falkirk Stores, Museum
residents are originally from. Council Falkirk Archives,
5. Possible new exhibits based on the artefacts in House Callendar to visits
Falkirk Council’s museum stores that relate to the people, local with interviews : :
area’s history. Research Historical
contemporarily. and
e points over time time over points e extensiv more and deeper from
developing critical awareness of our surroundings surroundings our of awareness critical developing
derelict, the absent, the new) with a view to to view a with new) the absent, the derelict,
physical changes to the area (the unseen, the the unseen, (the area the to changes physical
exploring local history as a way to understand understand to way a as history local exploring
, with new and old residents, ways of of ways residents, old and new with , develop To 2.
residents.
of new residents to the area and older established established older and area the to residents new of
narrative history of the area from the perspectives perspectives the from area the of history narrative
Bonnybridge in constructing the geographical and and geographical the constructing in Bonnybridge
To engage with residents of Greenhill and High High and Greenhill of residents with engage To 1.
are: aims Our
view
experiences and meanings from a contemporary point of of point contemporary a from meanings and experiences
different points in history as well as generating their own own their generating as well as history in points different
rom rom f area their explore to residents encourage to and
area the for caused have events and industry issues,
specific that ects eff the exploring in interested re ’ We
. . year that n utum a the in began activities formal our
and and 2008 of summer the in informally group the formed
We We areas. Bonnybridge High
interest in the Greenhill and and Greenhill the in interest
, with particular particular with , village the
xploring the history of of history the xploring e and involved with investigating investigating with involved
Greenhill Historical Society Bonnybridge in based We are a group of individuals individuals of group a are We
Summary of Activities in Society Historical Greenhill
2009 and Plans for 2010 1 3 2
Our Activities So Far
We have undertaken a wide variety of activities in the place. amazing amazing
year that we have been running, which include: this for definition new a with up come can new, the old, the stories of new and old residents old and new of stories the old, the new, we we
the hidden, the derelict, the exploring by that hope We us? us? for mean that does what was, e onc it as great
7 exploratory walks around the High Bonnybridge, as ver be be ver ne will
Dalnair, Seabegs Wood, Seabegs Antonine Wall, Greenhill If now. area area
Roughcastle Roman Wall, Forth and Clyde Canal, the for means this what
Milnquarter and Elf Hill. We undertook these walks with in interested We're gone. but
a mix of new and old residents. One of our members, all is mining, predominantly
James, set the schedule for these walks and we invited industry, mineral
a mix of new residents to the area to walk with residents greenbelt; of tracts vast
who had lived in the area a long time. Because of this on built been have houses
mix we therefore explored the expensive and new of hundreds recently, Most century. nge over the last last the over nge
area from a variety of cha and upheaval of amount significant
perspectives over time: older a experienced has Greenhill Bonnybridge, in situated
residents showed newer “village” A Stirlingshire. in Greenhill of community
residents pathways, routes and the exploring and wandering is interest major Our
places that are now absent,
covered up or missing, and Area Geographic the to Background
which are no longer shown on maps. resources. historical engagement work with local people and loc and people local with work engagement
Over these physical spaces they layered their stories of al
using, enjoying and understanding these places from a our from stem that materials and sessions
historical perspective. Newer residents began to see the mapping exhibitions, walks, talks, historical provoking and useful materials, events, events, materials, useful and provoking -
place from different points in history which was really thought
exciting. Conversely, newer residents showed older create to gathered, have we research the and skills, f our historical research research historical our f o development the Through
residents the places they liked to visit and the way they 4.
used these places. New walking routes, understandings
and uses were opened up to both 'sides' and a new stores. museum Council’s Falkirk in
version of the community opened up through these held objects historical out seeking and work library
walks. and archive interviewing, digital involving research, To train our members in undertaking historical historical undertaking in members our train To
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Continued exploration into finding a new home for a a for home new a finding into exploration Continued 6.
5 historical walks around Milnquarter and Canal Station,
Seabegs Wood and Pend, High
Bonnybridge derelict industrial areas soon. creating are we materials new of part
and station, Greenhill, Roughcastle become will exercises These into. go could we realise t t ’ n did we that places or go, to allowed t ’
Roman Wall. These walks were weren you
specifically to engage residents in the places explored We of. rest the use residents other and
history of these particular places. We of, part use residents some that paths and routes traced . We put missing places back on the map, map, the on back places missing put We .
brought along old maps and historical ways different rea in very very in rea a the understand and experience ,
images which we used to show residents how the area live who
had dramatically changed, with a view to encouraging people between conversation the
people to see what had been allowed to be run down, of result a are that maps different
lost and removed from this area to create the dereliction up build to pens and stickers
we now see. We hope residents will consider these coloured and maps contemporary
losses and think about how we go forward with this to and historical different
create a new place we can all live in and care for. images, old using history, in er different points points different er ov understood
erienced and and erienced
Interviews with ten local residents on their experiences exp is landscape the how explored We
and knowledge of the area time. long a area the in lived have who residents and
with new residents to the area area the to residents new with Exercises Mapping which will form part of our 5 historical materials and
exhibition work over the next
year. We also became historical area.
researchers through the the in brickmaking the about lot a you tell and special ould try to find these paths because they are quite quite are they because paths these find to try ould
process, learning how to use digital voice recorders, sh
carrying out a conversation and writing up these area the in lives or visits who Anyone bricks. brand
transcripts into meaningful and engaging materials for Dykehead and Bonnybridge of entirely made pathway
other residents to connect with. a found We there. Jason having of result a as things
new of lot a quite uncovered we and Bonnybridge, High ncluding Lochgreen, the Targets, Greenhill, Greenhill, Targets, the Lochgreen, ncluding
A film of our walking routes, a i investigate,
collaboration with the artist Jason we areas the of most round walked We audio! of bit a
Nelson, as part of the exhibition "And quite produced also and hours three about for us filmed
So It Goes" at the Park Gallery in He walk. the before meetings various as well as us with
Falkirk exploring community spaces. day a half spent Jason because us for exciting was This
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