The Digital Villages Research Network » Community Stories

Thank you to interview participants

Carrie Singleton — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:57:10 +0000

We have successfully carried out interviews with over 60 people from across Redcar and Cleveland. I’m sure the researchers will agree that everyone has really enjoyed interviewing and hearing people’s different stories about ICT use. We are very grateful for people’s participation in the project and would like to say thank you for sharing your stories with us.

Our next phase involves writing up our extensive research findings. We are looking forward to sharing these with the wider community by the end of the project.

Digital postcards

Carrie Singleton — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:43:15 +0000

I went to Moorsholm last night for the second digital postcard evening arranged by Lynne and Steve. It was a great evening. Lots of people came to the village hall to look at the pictures and add their stories to the postcards. Some people brought old photographs of Moorsholm. The ways that the village has changed over the years are so interesting. Steve’s pictures of Moorsholm are fantastic and really capture the different places, activities, histories and memories that even a small village can have. Well done to both for organising these successful events. I look forward to developing this further for new areas of East Cleveland and online.

Photographic walkabout in Carlin How

Carrie Singleton — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:01:15 +0000

The community researchers from Carlin How (Amanda, Marion and Roger) and Margrove Park (Marian with Margaret), along with Steve and Carrie, met again today to take part in the return leg of the photographic walkabout in Carlin How.

We rendezvoused at the primary school and started the walkabout at the pond and the railway line which leads to the steelworks.

After gaining some photos there we then went back via Amanda’s house where she showed us some photos of her house and the street when it was flooded. We then walked up to the row of village shops before crossing the road and going down to the bottom part of Carlin How to photograph the churches, Mount Pleasant, the steelworks and the beautiful coastline from the top of the cliffs.

Here you can see the jetty at Skinningrove and a little further on, the village of Skinningrove in the valley below.

The weather was mostly kind, with the exception of some strong gusts of wind. The walkabouts to date have been so interesting in terms of learning about local history and the researchers’ own experiences of their local communities. It has also been a good opportunity for cross-village networking and getting to know each other more. We hope that the resulting postcards will facilitate some great community stories.