Campaigner, activist and writer Jean McSorley gave a fascinating interview in which she discussed the town's former clubs and societies in which members combined leisure with education, skill development and self-advancement. Jean places the Park alongside these, seeing it as a gift to anyone with an enquiring eye, as an example of a more generous and further-sighted vision than we might expect from Victorian industrialists, and as something to value and maintain. Jean's family have a tangible legacy in the Park, and you can hear her explain it in this short clip..with the park lawnmower buzzing in the background. https://soundcloud.com/art-space-756835798/jean-mcsorely-for-blog The postcard is another from Mike Burn's collection. Thank you Mike.
One from the 70's.... An episode from what Showman Gary Bridgens describes as his "Beano" childhood in and around Barrow Park.. https://soundcloud.com/art-space-756835798/gary-bridgens-for-blog
I had a great sit down last week with Clarry Dunlop, Tenor Horn player with the Shipyard Band for many years, and his wife Doreen. Here he tells of the extraordinary concentration of musicians living around Cedar Road, Ormsgill in the early 50's, and points out faces from this photo of the 1952 Shipyard Band. https://soundcloud.com/art-space-756835798/clarry-dunlop-and-a-photo-of-the-shipyard-band I'm currently working on the sound for the Around The Bandstand Video, which uses some wonderful footage from the 60's for which I'm grateful to filmmaker Brian Crawford. There'll be more from Clarry there, and in the project archive.
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