kypwest.org.uk
Know Your Place
http://www.kypwest.org.uk/project-diary/learning-resources
Developing and testing our learning resources! Developing and testing our learning resources! We’re going back to school! Alice Millard describes the steps being taken to trial and test our vibrant schools learning pack…. We are in the process of developing our Know Your Place learning pack and have been putting together a range of exciting, initiative activities that support local heritage learning, with advice from partners Pete Insole from ‘ Local Learning. And Michael Gorely from ‘ Heritage Schools.
bearpitheritage.org.uk
Bus boycott | Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit
http://www.bearpitheritage.org.uk/category/1940s-onwards/bus-boycott
Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit. Construction of the Bearpit. Story of the Bristol Bus Boycott taken from the learning materials created by Lillieth Morrison about Memoirs of a Black Englishman by Paul Stephenson OBE. In April 1963 Bristol Omnibus Company (BOC) did not employ any black staff on the buses. At the time there were no laws against racial discrimination. A Sikh man called Raghbir Singh was the first black person to work on the buses in Bristol. A few days later Norman Samuels and Norris ...
bearpitheritage.org.uk
The panels | Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit
http://www.bearpitheritage.org.uk/category/the-panels
Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit. Construction of the Bearpit. As part of the improvements wall panels are being built to line the subway . You can explore these panels using the links on the right or below. Explore the Eastern Panel. Explore the Western Panel. Follow the links below. Explore the western panel. Explore the eastern panel.
bearpitheritage.org.uk
St Pauls | Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit
http://www.bearpitheritage.org.uk/category/1700s-onwards/the-parishes-of-st-james-and-st-pauls
Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit. Construction of the Bearpit. St James is a medieval parish that originally covered the land owned by the Priory to the north of the River Frome. Most of this was agricultural land, but by the end of the 1700s the population in Bristol was starting to increase and gradually streets and houses were being built on former farmland around the edge of the city. Follow the links below.
bearpitimprovementgroup.co.uk
Let DJ Derek take you on a musical tour of St Pauls | The Bearpit Improvement Group
https://bearpitimprovementgroup.co.uk/2015/05/19/let-dj-derek-take-you-on-a-musical-tour-of-st-pauls
The Bearpit Improvement Group. Creating Bristol's 1st Community Action Zone. Let DJ Derek take you on a musical tour of St Pauls. May 19, 2015. Wander through our city’s musical heartland with the architects of the Bristol sound and hear eyewitness accounts of legendary venues as part of an ambitious multimedia project. And walking tour series from the Bearpit Improvement Group. The story maps at bearpitheritage.org.uk. Include a Musical Journey. In a second tour, entitled Local Memories. Visitors can di...
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Recent arrivals | Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit
http://www.bearpitheritage.org.uk/category/1940s-onwards/recent-arrivals
Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit. Construction of the Bearpit. One of the key aims of the Bearpit Heritage Project was to explore and celebrate how the people arriving to St James and St Paul’s, Bristol have significantly helped to enrich the culture of the city. Recent Arrivals’ Oral Histories. Professional media producer, Tot Foster collected a fascinating range of stories. About their own impressions of Bristol from their parents and grandparents. On the Green, on Grosvenor Road, St Paul’s stand...
bearpitheritage.org.uk
St James’ Fair | Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit
http://www.bearpitheritage.org.uk/category/1100s-onwards/st-james-fair
Stories around Bristol’s Bearpit. Construction of the Bearpit. From the 1200s, the annual St James’ Fair was held during the Feast of St James in late July. Market stalls were erected across the churchyard and even within the nave of the church. The fair attracted traders from across the country; in the fifteenth century, stalls were leased to several Londoners including a goldsmith (Peter Fleming, St James Barton). Rowdy wild and lawless. Follow the links below.
thedowns150.org.uk
Schools | 150 Years of Clifton and Durdham Down
http://www.thedowns150.org.uk/downs-150/schools
150 Years of Clifton and Durdham Down. Celebrating people's stories about the Downs. As part of the Downs 150 project Local Learning. Went to the Downs with children from Burnbush Primary School, Stockwood and Christ Church Primary School, Clifton. Together with a local storyteller, Martin Maudsley, the children explored the history and landscape of the Downs. When they returned to their classrooms the children created their own boardgames that demonstrated their learning and the stories they had heard.
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