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    Stories from George and Mark: oral histories for the M Shed archive

    by Emma Yanmeng Zhang Posted on / April 26, 2018

    Emma Yanmeng Zhang talks about her experience of interviewing two disabled people from Bristol for M Shed’s archives – and discusses how attitudes in Bristol compare to those in China.

    What did the West of England Centre for Inclusive Living think of our exhibition?

    by Grace Swordy Posted on / March 20, 2018

    Group of people from Wecil sit in front of the banner made for the Mshed exhibition.

    We’ve been talking to WECIL members since the beginning of the History of Place project, and invited them to a tour of ‘Brave, Poor Things: Reclaiming Bristol’s Disability History’ and a workshop.

    Patricia Collen: Normansfield Resident (1926-1997)

    by Ben McLoughlin Posted on / November 24, 2017

    Exterior of imposing Victorian building at Langdon Down with lawn and trees

    In this, the sixth and last in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.

    Tony Hudson: Normansfield Resident (1945-1997)

    by Ben McLoughlin Posted on / November 24, 2017

    Exterior of imposing Victorian building at Langdon Down with lawn and trees

    In this, the fifth in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.

    Walter Ridpath: Normansfield Resident (1882-1909)

    by Ben McLoughlin Posted on / November 24, 2017

    Exterior of imposing Victorian building at Langdon Down with lawn and trees

    In this, the forth in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.

    Rising with the city: our exhibition about the Bristol Guild

    by Kate Smith Posted on / November 11, 2017

    Our MShed exhibition about the Guild of the Brave Poor Things shows how disabled people advocated for themselves and survived in a changing society from the late Victorian period the 1980s.

    Irritated apprentices: empowering people, up to a point

    by Kate Smith Posted on / November 10, 2017

    Exhibition shot, with the rejected suggestion that the Guild should rename itself 'masters of fate'

    How Guild members got stuck for so long with a name that many did not like.

    Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Freeman: Normansfield Resident (1899-1920)

    by Ben McLoughlin Posted on / October 10, 2017

    Exterior of imposing Victorian building at Langdon Down with lawn and trees

    In this, the third in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.

    Robert Belchamber: Normansfield Resident (1874-1887)

    by Ben McLoughlin Posted on / September 25, 2017

    Exterior of imposing Victorian building at Langdon Down with lawn and trees

    In this, the second in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.

    What goes up but doesn’t come down? digital game making at the Museum of Liverpool

    by Kerry Massheder-Rigby Posted on / September 13, 2017

    We sketched our ideas for each scene of the game onto pictures of a mobile phone screen-the image shows all f the A5 pieces of paper lined up in order of when the scene occurs in the game

    Edward Rushton’s brave and exciting life gets mashed up with quotes, nicknames and krakens as we develop a digital game about his life with young people from Liverpool.

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