Exploring the past, changing the present
Moving towards our exhibition at MShed, with help from various organisations in Bristol Grace discusses how an exploration of deaf and disabled lives in the past can positively affect the present.
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Our volunteers have been working hard and having great adventures along the way. Browse the stories below or click on an individual image to see more from an individual volunteer.
John Langdown Down and Normansfield Hospital
Ben looks at the man behind the institution that led the way in caring for learning disabled people in Victorian Britain, and finds that many of his ideas continue to have relevance in today’s society.
A Survey of Residents of the Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury
Nathan shares the results of his exhaustive study of the residents of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury.
The Many Lives of Alice Marie Lillie: Part One – Her Illness and Treatment
Maxine looks at the notes of another resident of Chiswick House, and finds a troubled woman gradually retreating into a world of make believe.
Turning local history into a digital game
How do you go about creating a digital game from local, historical archive material? One of our workshop participants describes the experience.
The Many Lives of Alice Mary Lillie: Part Two – Who Was Alice?
In her second look at the casenotes of one inmate of Chiswick House, Max focuses on her life in the years before she was admitted, and asks whether there are any clues here as to why she developed her illness.
Freelance job: Liverpool film Technical Assistant
Work with young people and our filmmaker to create a short film about the School for the Blind, Liverpool.
Freelance job: Liverpool Creative Community Filmmaker
Help young people to make a 15 minute film about the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool.
One of our heads is missing
As troops moved in and out of Liverpool during the Second World War, a gold bust of Blind School founder Edward Rushton disappeared.
Robert ‘Dixie’ Smith, ‘the blind leader of the blind’.
Trade unionist and political activist described as ‘the most cheerful man in the Labour movement’.