Our heritage
Over 25 years we have generated an extensive and valuable archive of voice recordings and video interviews and have collected photographs and other artefacts kindly donated to us by the many individuals and communities we have worked with. This archive is an important regional heritage resource that we have a responsibility to protect, develop and share.
Oral history archive and photographic collection
Donnison School
We have also restored and renovated The Donnison School, a Grade 2 listed building in the East End of Sunderland (web link to map) which is now the home of the Donnison School Heritage and Education Centre where we conduct a significant part of our business.
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We also have a new base at the Elephant Tea Rooms Local History Library @ETR (link) in the centre of Sunderland for our oral history archive and from where we can also conduct some of our oral history activities once Covid-19 restrictions allow.
Our heritage
Over 25 years we have generated an extensive and valuable archive of voice recordings and video interviews and have collected photographs and other artefacts kindly donated to us by the many individuals and communities we have worked with. This archive is an important regional heritage resource that we have a responsibility to protect, develop and share.
Oral history archive and photographic collection
Donnison School
We have also restored and renovated The Donnison School, a Grade 2 listed building in the East End of Sunderland (web link to map) which is now the home of the Donnison School Heritage and Education Centre where we conduct a significant part of our business.
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We also have a new base at the Elephant Tea Rooms Local History Library @ETR (link) in the centre of Sunderland for our oral history archive and from where we can also conduct some of our oral history activities once Covid-19 restrictions allow.
Our heritage
Over 25 years we have generated an extensive and valuable archive of voice recordings and video interviews and have collected photographs and other artefacts kindly donated to us by the many individuals and communities we have worked with. This archive is an important regional heritage resource that we have a responsibility to protect, develop and share.
Oral history archive and photographic collection
Donnison School
We have also restored and renovated The Donnison School, a Grade 2 listed building in the East End of Sunderland (web link to map) which is now the home of the Donnison School Heritage and Education Centre where we conduct a significant part of our business.
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We also have a new base at the Elephant Tea Rooms Local History Library @ETR (link) in the centre of Sunderland for our oral history archive and from where we can also conduct some of our oral history activities once Covid-19 restrictions allow.
We Living History Northeast was established in 1995 as a regional specialist in oral history. In these 25 years we have worked with many different local and regional partners to engage with individuals, groups and communities, exploring their personal testimonies. For example we have captured oral histories from the coalmining and shipbuilding communities in the North East, the people who underpinned the UK economy for over 100 years. Our reach is broad and inclusive; we have worked with older people, black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) as well as people suffering with ill health like stroke and dementia sufferers, sharing in their experiences and giving them all a voice.
Our experience
We Living History Northeast was established in 1995 as a regional specialist in oral history. In these 25 years we have worked with many different local and regional partners to engage with individuals, groups and communities, exploring their personal testimonies. For example we have captured oral histories from the coalmining and shipbuilding communities in the North East, the people who underpinned the UK economy for over 100 years. Our reach is broad and inclusive; we have worked with older people, black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) as well as people suffering with ill health like stroke and dementia sufferers, sharing in their experiences and giving them all a voice.
Our experience
MAKING MEMORIES MATTER
Digital Centre for Oral History
Living History northeast
Our Work
At living history northeast we:
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record, preserve, use and disseminate an extensive and growing oral history and photographic collection
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use this collection innovatively to inform, stimulate and enhance people’s lives wherever we can
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collaborate and engage with people and partners to document and share important personal testimonies that contribute significantly to this region’s unique heritage
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use creative and innovative ways to capture, showcase and share stories to enrich cultural experiences.
LIFE AFTER STROKE
An oral history project working with stroke survivors, carers and professionals to share their personal and powerful experiences of stroke, and showcase the results of a project that has been part of a two year journey. This project developed a creative partnership, bringing arts, heritage and health professionals together and the voices and experiences of those affected by stroke
SYEDPUR TO SUNDERLAND
Syedpur to Sunderland was an intergenerational creative learning journey that brought together oral history, the creative arts, digital technology and the storyline learning strategy to support a cultural exchange between generations and across communities. This project brought together over 30 schoolchildren, community volunteers, and the Bangladesh community of Sunderland.
WORDS FROM THE WALL
Words From The Wall was an intergenerational oral history project that brought together a full year group from Heddon-on-the Wall Primary School with community volunteers. Together we explored identity an community through various tools and we equipped the children to record memories from local residents. The children went onto chose a story from the recordings to create an animation.
OUR ROOTS OUR JOURNEY, OUR CITY
Through a series of oral history interviews, images and ephemera, the stories of Sunderland's Bangladeshi community are told. From their early lives in Bangladesh, through their journeys to the UK and beginnings in Sunderland, to their hopes for the future, Our Roots, Our Journey, Our City charts the community's history, culture and identity.
DIG IT
An intergenerational oral history and archaeological project based in the East End of Sunderland. The project was a collaborative partnership. It worked with young people from San Street Youth and Community Project, community volunteers and Archaeological work was conducted by Phil Abramson and Neil Cookson
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SENSE OF PLACE
Sense of place describes a person’s relationship with places; this can be expressed in different ways: emotions, biographies, imagination, stories, and personal experiences (Basso, 1996) This project worked with Ryhope Community Centre and St Paul's RC Junior School as they explored together what community meant to them
If you would like to find out more information about what we do, please contact us for an informal discussion:
Email: info@lhne.co.uk
Sunderland Local History Library @ ETR
64 Fawcett Street
Sunderland
SR1 1BB
Sunderland Local History Library @ ETR
Tel: 0191 561 8439.
Web http://www.sunderlandlocalhistorylibrary.com
Email: Local.historylibrary@sunderland.gov.uk
Living History North East
15 Norfolk St Sunderland,
Sunderland
SR1 1EA
Mob: 07925 063078
