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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 of Reid John by

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

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xploring the history of of history the xploring e and involved with investigating investigating with involved

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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 , as ver be be ver ne will

Dalnair, , Seabegs , Greenhill If now. area area

Roughcastle Roman Wall, , 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 . 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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