Our Town Project

The Our Town Project aims to create a Community Archive by recording peoples' experiences of living and working in Great Yarmouth over the last 60 years.

The project is running over a period of 18 months from September 2006- March 2008 and is based at Time and Tide, Museum of Great Yarmouth Life.

Aims of the Our Town Project

We aim to work with individuals and community groups to record local peoples' experiences through:

• Oral history interviews
• Reminiscence workshops
• Short films
• Photography projects
• Collecting artefacts and ephemera

Key Themes

We are interested in 3 key themes:

• Working life
• Leisure and popular culture
• Home and family
  
  

We want to use the imformation collected during the project to mount an exhibition at Time and Tide. We will also create a valuable community archive for future generations.

How You Can Help

In the first phase of the project we are looking at how working life in Great Yarmouth has changed during the last 60 years.

We are particularly interested in talking to people who have experienced the following industries, either in the past or the present day.

• Oil and Gas Industry
• Fishing Industry
• Seaside Holidays Industry

In the second phase of the project we will talk to people about leisure and popular culture. We are interested in how people spent their leisure time, and its changes in recent years, including:

• Entertainment
• Hobbies
• Leisure Activities

In the final stage of the project we will talk to people about home and family life in the local community, and how this has changed, in the following areas.

• Housing
• Family relationships
• Commmunity

If you have memories or experiences in these three areas that you would like to share with us, then we want to hear from you.

We are also looking for volunteers to join our research team. If you have some spare time, are interested in local history and enjoy meeting and talking to people, then please contact us for more information.

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