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Band On The Wall

For over 200 years, Band on the Wall has played a distinctive part in the musical landscape of Manchester’s heritage. ...
BMT Film & Media Archive

Film, photography, and audio archive of everyday life in West Yorkshire, particularly concerned with working-class dependents from the former ‘Worstedololis’ ...
Broadwater Farm Community Archive

Broadwater Farm Housing Estate, Tottenham
Chippenham Museum

Chippenham Museum collects and cares for nearly 35,000 objects relating to Chippenham and its surrounding towns and villages. These items range ...
Colourful Heritage

Colourful Heritage invites you to explore the story of South Asian and Muslim heritage in Scotland. Started in 2010, the Colourful ...
Downham Reminiscence Group

The Downham Reminiscence Group was established in 1986 by a former Mayor of Lewisham, to coincide with the Downham Estate’s ...
Formby Civic Society History Group

Since its establishment in 1953, the Society has been working on the history of Formby. During that time it has ...
Kendal Oral History Group

Kendal Oral History Group was founded in 1987. We are a small group of volunteers who interview people who have ...
Lytham Heritage Group Archives

We are based at the old Institute /Library on Clifton Street Lytham. We are volunteers who not only hold the ...
Maker Memories

Maker Memories is a volunteer led community project designed to capture the rich and diverse heritage of Maker Camp on ...
Milford Street Bridge Project, Salisbury, Wiltshire

When people think of Salisbury they think of the Cathedral, the Market, and Stonehenge. But what of the history of the ...
Newlyn Archive

Started in 2009, the Newlyn Archive is a collection of material, written or digital about Newlyn and its history dating ...
Oatlands Heritage Group

Collecting, researching, preserving and publicising the unique history of Oatlands as a village and community – from its beginnings following ...
Our Warwickshire

The Our Warwickshire Community History website is run by Heritage & Culture Warwickshire, but at arm’s length – its focus ...
People’s Heritage Co-operative

The People’s Heritage Co-operative is a group of historians, archivists and creative practitioners committed to developing educational and inspiring community ...
Rock Around The Clock

Rock Around The Clock (Pilot) – Oral History, Reminiscence and Archive Project . Working with an establishment caring for those ...
St.Teresa's Gardens Folklore Project

The St. Teresa’s Gardens Folklore project was set up to record, capture and archive the oral history of the flat ...
The Liberties Weavers Dublin

The Liberties Weavers is a voluntary community group dedicated to breathing new life into the 1000 years of history, weaving ...
The Lydiard Archives

The Lydiard Archives is a unique on-line collection of objects, portraits, records, manuscripts, photographs, memories, and ephemera compiling a thousand ...
The Marcham Society

The Marcham Society was founded in 1994 to encourage community interest in the history, natural history and environment of the ...
The Thriplow Society

The Thriplow Society is a history and environmental society for the Thriplow region. It helps local and family historians to ...
West Wales Veterans Archive (Age Cymru Dyfed)

Age Cymru Dyfed – West Wales Veterans Archive, looks at projects or activities which show evidence of running activities that ...
Windrush in the Far South West

The Box in Plymouth is the city’s museum, art gallery and archive all housed in one building. An initiative by ...
Workie Ticket Theatre CIC

Tyneside-based Workie Ticket Theatre CIC is a female-led theatre company producing work across the North-East which reflects current social issues. ...

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