Aural history interviews coming soon.
“I had birthday parties, and like [Laughs] in the pictures there’s me, my brother, and all the children in the […]
READ MOREGood morning, my name’s Deborah Norrey and I’m working on the History at Hobsmoor Project. Today’s date is Wednesday the […]
READ MOREMy name’s Oliver Scott and I’m interviewing you Debbie er on the Tuesday the 15th of May 2018 for the […]
READ MORE” it was like erm a community centre more or less because you’d got the café and the people used […]
READ MOREGood morning, my name is Deborah Norrey, I’m working on the History at Hobsmoor Project. Today’s date is Monday the […]
READ MOREGood morning, my name’s Deborah Norrey and I’m working on the History at Hobsmoor Project. Today’s date is Tuesday… Twenty-fourth. […]
READ MOREThe latest memories submitted to our collection by the Yardley community.
When I was born my parents took care of me more often with dad said that hes below and my […]
READ MOREI also remember funny cars in those days, that had got coal underneath and, and it was spitting out water […]
READ MOREIt just became… more, erm… the market became more, sort of, neglected and derelict. Erm, stalls were closing down left, […]
READ MOREYeah, there was another park which was Henry Road Park which was at the top of, erm, Harvey Road. And, […]
READ MOREMy step father who has always lived in yardley, was a member of the regiment that liberated Bergen-Belsen, concentration camp […]
READ MOREI was married in the West Indies, start from there. And Kathleen, that’s, she was born there, and then my […]
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Histories 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.
