Wakefield Museums and Castles: oral history

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Showing posts with label oral history. Show all posts

Showing posts with label oral history. Show all posts

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Oral history transcription: volunteer blog

Charlotte McDonnell is an oral history transcription volunteer with Wakefield Museums and Castles. She has been volunteering with us for ...

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

What Wakefield Wore

In 2025, we'll be opening our New Library and Museum in the former BHS Wakefield building! Digital Volunteer Rebecca has been looki...

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Ken Hanson: A Mining Deputy's Story

Lindsey Hanson from the Wakefield Word Writers' Group has interviewed a very important person indeed - her dad! Ken Hanson was a Depu...

Thursday, August 10, 2023

"Well, who would have thought it?" - Organising the first Wakefield Pride

It's Wakefield Pride on Sunday 13 August! Did you know that the first ever Wakefield Pride was in 2005? Michael was one of the organi...

Saturday, April 8, 2023

"Her own Empire" - the story of Cliffe's Drapers, Featherstone

Laura, a Public History MA student on placement with us from the University of York, has been exploring the treasures of the ‘Cliffe cost...

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

How To Do Oral History - A Guide

After our previous blog post on ‘What is Oral History?’ , you might be wondering where to start collecting your own stories! Here's ...

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