
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