1 2009 and Plans for 2010 for Plans and 2009 Summary of Activities in Activities of Summary Our Planned Activities: Keep an Eye Out! residents. that they can pass these experiences on to other other to on experiences these pass can they that 1. The Pipers of Allandale: a festival of events Society Historical Greenhill 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. 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A “village” situated in Bonnybridge, Greenhill has experienced a older time: over perspectives significant amount of upheaval and change over the last of variety a from area century. Most recently, hundreds of new and expensive the explored therefore we mix of this this of houses have been built on Because time. long a area the in lived had who vast tracts of greenbelt; residents with walk to area the to residents new of mix a James, set the schedule for these walks and we invited This invited we and walks these for schedule the set James, mineral industry, is not a mix of new and old residents. One of our members, a members, our of One residents. old and new of mix a predominantly mining, is all book and Elf Hill. We undertook these walks with with walks these undertook We Hill. Elf and but gone. We're interested in Milnquarter what this means for the area Canal, Clyde and Forth Wall, Roman Roughcastle now. If Greenhill will never be Wall, Antonine Seabegs Wood, Seabegs Dalnair, around the High Bonnybridge, Bonnybridge, High the around as great as it once was, what does that mean for us? walks exploratory 7 4 5 6 We hope that by exploring the derelict, the hidden, the new, the old, the stories of new and old residents we can come up with a new definition for this amazing include: which running, been have we that year e have undertaken a wide variety of activities in the the in activities of variety wide a undertaken have e place. W Our Activities So Far So ThisActivities is notOur a book 2,4,6,8,10,12 10 5 4 http://greenhillproject.ning.com Web: [email protected] Email: 72190 0 07794 Mobile: 503290 01324 Tel: 1AA FK4 Bonnybridge Street e Bridg Centre Education Community Bonnybridge us: Contact needed. knowledge previous previous no – Bonnybridge of area the of interest keen interested in joining us just let us know! All you need is a a is need you All know! us let just us joining in interested ’re ’re you if so members new for looking always ’re We Members New programmes. for arts and education education and arts for venue community Network Rail and which we hope to turn into a rural rural a into turn to hope we which and Rail Network that was gifted to us by by us to gifted was that wagon munitions 1922 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.