Launch Event (by Jennifer)
On Wednesday 21st November 2018 we had our Hidden Lives Remembered Launch Event at the Knowle United Reformed Church. We chose to have it in their Church hall as some of the residents from Middlefield used to go here as part of a group, so we thought it would be great to hold it somewhere familiar to people and with a connection to Middlefield.
Read moreRightful Lives Exhibit and 20 Years of the Human Rights Act
The 9th November 2018 marks 20 years of the Human Rights Act.
The Rightful Lives exhibition team had asked for new contributions to add to their already fantastic online exhibition.
Learn about Kathy and Jennifer’s contribution.
Read moreArchive Training Day - 15th October 2018 (By Jennifer)
On Monday 15th October 2018, a group of us got a minibus to Warwickshire County Records Office for archive training…
Read moreCASBA Celebration Event (By Jennifer)
CASBA Advocacy have done a project on the lives of people living in Monyhull Hospital, ‘From Institution to Community’. On Saturday 6th October they had their open event to show all their work since starting the project September last year.
Read moreEASY READ: Talk at the MAC (By Jennifer)
We visited the Out of the Shadows photo display.
This is an Easy Read version of https://www.hiddenlivesremembered.com/blog/2018/10/2/talk-at-the-mac-by-jennifer
Read moreTalk at the MAC (By Jennifer)
Out of the Shadows is a book that has been written by Sally Williams and photographed by Polly Braden, working with Multistory. They have also have an exhibition which is currently at The MAC Birmingham until Sunday 11th November.
Read moreMonday Motivation (by Jennifer)
In the office today we are having a Monday Motivation, always slow to start again after the weekend. I have been busy today with planning for the interview prompt cards, thinking of questions and putting them into easy read…
Read moreOral History Training Session (by Jennifer)
On Wednesday 8th August 2018 Jan Walmsley came to Solihull Action through Advocacy to deliver Oral History training…
Read morePhotographs of Middlefield Hospital
We can now share with you two photographs from postcards of Middlefield hospital!
Read moreOur Visit to Hampton Church (by Jennifer)
On Tuesday 17th July 2018, we went to Hampton in Arden to visit Hampton Church; we were greeted by the Church Secretary who showed us to the chronicles…
Read moreEASY READ - First Trip to Solihull Core Library Archives
We went to Solihull Core Library to look at the local history collection.
EASY READ VERSION
We went to Solihull Core Library to look at their local history collection. This blog tells you about what we found.
Read moreFirst trip to Solihull Core Library Archives
NB: this blog currently doesn’t include any photos as we are waiting on advice on copyright permissions. These will hopefully follow soon!
Yesterday we took a trip to the Core Library in Solihull to have a look at some of their local history collection relating to Middlefield Hospital. Unlike Hampton Manor, which still looks largely the same as it ever has (from the outside), and of which there are many photographs online, there seems to be no photographs of Middlefield Hospital online at all. The fact that Middlefield Hospital has since been completely demolished and has had houses built on top of the original site made it even more important to source some images for the project. Photographs are also a brilliant tool to help jog people’s memory…
Read moreProject Launch
We are delighted to have been awarded a grant of £60,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project discovering and recording the history and stories of people with learning disabilities in Solihull.
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