Aural history interviews coming soon.
Hello. My name is Deborah Norrey and I’m recording for the History at Hobmoor project. Today’s date is Thursday the […]
READ MOREOK? So we’ll just start. If you want to tell me your name and your date of birth. Yep, it’s, […]
READ MOREMy name’s Oliver Scott and I’m interviewing you Debbie er on the Tuesday the 15th of May 2018 for the […]
READ MOREMy name is Deborah Norrey and I’m recording for the Histories at Hobmoor project. I’m here today with Oliver Scott… […]
READ MORE[Track 1] Deborah Norrey: Good morning, my name’s Deborah Norrey, I’m here today recording for the History at Hobsmoor project. […]
READ MORE” it was like erm a community centre more or less because you’d got the café and the people used […]
READ MOREThe latest memories submitted to our collection by the Yardley community.
My name is Aisha and I moved from Small Heath Ten years ago to Yardley I thought it was a […]
READ MOREI live in norway and i loved sieting on the sofa and doing nothing
READ MOREWhen I was born my parents took care of me more often with dad said that hes below and my […]
READ MOREWe moved into 22 Henshaw Grove in 1967. The grove was alive with children. There was a big island in […]
READ MOREIt’s element is fire I can see big black tires bigger than the big Horses yousto pull the carriages in […]
READ MOREWhat sort of games would you have played? “Skipping, we’d have played skipping, erm hopscotch, erm erm, Chinese skipping with […]
READ MOREHistories at Hobmoor is a partnership National Heritage Lottery funded project between Mercurial Arts and Oasis Academy Hobmoor. The project has fostered a love of heritage and deeper community connection in Yardley, enabling both adults and children to learn about their heritage and share their stories of moving to, and living in this area. We have been collecting stories, oral histories, photographs and 3D scans of objects from local residents along with sharing their memories of Yardley. As well as encouraging local residents from the community to get involved we have also been working with Children from Oasis Academy Hobmoor, during a number of holiday and afterschool sessions, who have been exploring their local area, and interviewing and recording their family members. They have been working with professional artists to create short stories, poems, lyrics and upload media based on their findings. All of these memories and artwork can now be found on the Histories at Hobmoor digital app. You too can upload your stories, memories and photographs from the local area. The app will be an ongoing resource that people from Yardley and beyond can continue to connect with and use well into the future to find out more about Yardley and it’s community’s history. Download the Histories at Hobmoor app via the Google Play or Apple App Store for free, now.