
National Archives in partnership with Lancashire Archives and Hyndburn Park Primary School.
In celebration of the release of the 1921 Census, the National Archives delivered the Twenties Streets Project working with four schools, four archive services and four artists across the UK. I was delighted to be invited to be partnered with Lancashire Archives and Hyndburn Park Primary School in Accrington. In early June 2022 the National Archives and Lancashire Archives staff and I delivered a creative workshop with three classes of Year 6 focusing on 12 stories from Park Road, the road the school is located on. These sessions were also filmed as part of a case study.
Using a vintage door as a platform and imagery from both the National Archives and Lancashire Archives collections, the children contributed to make a collective artwork that will be installed in the school’s garden to be used as inspiration for educational multi-disciplinary creative sessions including history, art and literacy.
A 20s Streets film was produced by Postcode films using Hyndburn Park Primary as the case study. Do take a look.
Photo Credits: Hannah Carter, Farzana Patel, KEW