The People of St Saviour’s Church at Oxford Street & Acton
Tracking some of the names and families associated with St Saviour’s Deaf Church from London Metropolitan Archives.
Patricia Collen: Normansfield Resident (1926-1997)
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)
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)
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
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
How Guild members got stuck for so long with a name that many did not like.
Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Freeman: Normansfield Resident (1899-1920)
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)
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.
Letting in the light: architecture for a Deaf Church
When London’s only church for deaf people moved from Oxford Street to Acton, the architecture was carefully designed for signed services.
What goes up but doesn’t come down? digital game making at the Museum of Liverpool
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.