Interesting day of developments on Friday.

Meeting with Dennis the Market manager. Some stallholders have been around for 40 years, but the market has been in severe decline over the last decade. Talking about Dennis’ experiences gave me some interesting leads on the mechanisms of remembering. We talked about the smell of steam trains and turning the pages of the heavy bound copies of archive newspapers in the Old Town Hall.


Tour of the Civic Centre with Brian Tourle. Display cases full of gold mayoral chains and silver trophies. Councillor group photos on the walls of the Mayor’s office. Register of objects in storage from the Museum that once occupied part of the Old Town Hall. 1000 items including three pairs of curling tongs and five bell rumblers.

Brainstorming session with Maxine, John, Chris, Stephen and Annie after the second Steering Group meeting. How should the artist’s residency interface with the heritage interpretation work? How permanent should the artwork be? How can we ensure that the right people influence the outcome of the artwork? Their feedback was invaluable and set me back on the right track.


On the train on the way home an idea struck me. A good idea that ties together so many research strands. Really excited to develop it further into a proposal to present to the Steering Group.


Lucy