
Anonymous (Guest)	Month Aug - Nov report - 2008-11-15 22:12:42
	Month August to November Targets achieved – recruitment Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Sept Oct High Green 2 4 5 13 Stocksbridge 5 10 10 16 20 6 Ecclesfield 0 0 1 1 Chapletown 0 0 0 2 Adults 2 5 5 Site Members 35 43 63 68 135 150 No Additional trainees recruited, ongoing work with existing trainees Group project work focusing around events, next event in the Steel Valley Project 20 year celebrations and the touring exhibition. Each project will provide the opportunity to engage new trainees in specific workshops relating to the ongoing projects. We will total these up at the end of the Summer peiod. Targets Required Age group M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 Oct - Nov tot 12 8 4 4 13 8 4 1 5 14 8 1 4 5 15 8 1 5 1 7 16 8 4 1 3 2 10 17 4 2 2 18 4 2 2 1 5 Adults 26 26 required completed Film documentaries Chapeltown Station Wortley Top Forge Stocksbridge Youth Club A good Night Out Home life School Life Work Life Steel Valley Walk 20 years on 10 7 Photojournalism articles Pot Houses Music and Brass Bands May day procession High Green Miners Welfare Womens institute Wash Day School Life Returning from the war Football Early memories of Cinema Pranks Shops and shopping 50 completed completed completed completed completed completed completed 12 Focus over the past month has been on developing the photojournalism articles, We have transcribed and edited most of the films we have done to date including youth forum interviews, interviews with young tenants and families, older people in their 40s and 50s and people 60 plus. These are currently being put together for an exhibition with the Steel Valley Project over the next few months. Targets achieved – Films and articles completed and underway Projects completed time Thorncliffe Iron Works – Research trip to Sheffield Local studies library 1st December 5 Chapletown Old Station – Film by Sam with Mr and Mrs Blatch 11th December 60 Kit Kat bridge – no flytipping 11th January 5 RE Edit of the Wards End Cemetery Film by Emma Thompson 2nd January 10 Re Edit of the Kettlebridge film by Emma 2nd January 10 Sarah’s first story from Stocksbridge – Sara is starting the process of looking back through the youth club archive with the Thursday morning group 10th January n/a 4 films from Wortley Top Forge by Reece and Callum 13th January 60 A first posting from Jordan and Sarah at Stocksbridge looking out over the valley over toward Penistone and the farms on the other side. The day to day work of the club 13th January 20 Re edit of the Earl Marshal and Pitsmoor tour by young people by Emma 7th January 10 Re edit of the Buchanan Road tour by Emma and Wez 7th January 10 Re edit of Wez and Lees tour of Scraiths wood 2nd January 10 First Film by Danny Longmuir – Danny is planning to explore the history of Bonfire night celebrations around High Green 13th December 5 Sams visit to Sheffield archives included making this short film around midland train station and the new live FM radio station. 6th December 15 Sam and Reece film the High Green Community Forum away day interviewing participants and promoting the project 21st November 20 Interview with Kev Seaman by the Stocksbridge by John at a the regular Tuesday night local history session at Stocksbridge Youth Club 9th November 15 Projects Undertaken During the Easter Project Callum, John and Carl interview visitors to the opening day of the project at Stocksbridge library, Gladis remembers 1. the days running her wallpaper shop and later times 2. working in the box office at Stocksbridge cinema Mike Spick joins us for a training session with other volunteers Andrew, James, Adelle and Vicky turning up during the afternoon 28th March 10 am Transcribed June John talks about the project to a group of Stocksbridge poeple at a talk on horse drawn trams at St John Church. Interviews with: 1. Dave Goodison on the Don Valley railway project, memories of youth setting up a youth club in Deepcar, being in a band. 2. Interview with local artist 3. Chair of Community Forum 28th March 7pm Transcribed June John and Callum set up an exhibition at Chapletown library and interview visitors 29th March 9.30am High Green Miners Welfare – work with the agewell group – Carl Lewis Interviews Aunt Laura 1. Ongoing collection of recollections of times at the HGMW 2. Contributions to all themed projects from the easter project 31st March 1pm Transcribed June Carl Lewis interviews Tony Carol at Paces Campus in High Green 1. remembering work at Thorncliffe Ironworks 2. Shops and Markets 3. Living between Barnsley and Burncross, comments on Accents and Barnsley Sheffield border issues Carl interviews Cyril at Paces on his memories of being a paratrooper and family life in High Green 31st March 10am 11.30 Transcribed June Tuesday – John, Callum and Carl visit Deepcar community centre to talk to members of the lunch club about the project and to interview Margaret Brown and Joan Armitage. Contributions from these interviews are in 1. School Life 2. Family life 3. Working life 4. A good night out 1st April 12.00 Wednesday John, Callum and Carl interview Tracy, Tracy introduces us to local author Alf Bonner as well as telling us about recent developments in Stocksbridge. John interviews Alf Bonner and gets contributions to 1. Working Life and a Good Night out 2nd April 12.00 2.00pm Thursday Carl and Calum begin editing and reviewing progress. 3rd April Friday rounding of the week with interviews with Local historians Brenda Duffield and Roy 4th April Newton Chambers Hall, visit to the tea dance on Friday afternoon – Ongoing collection of information for Newton Chambers Hall film The Life of Joseph Kenworthy (postponed) Tankersley Rectory (Kezs Castle) (postponed) Cinema Project Steel Valley Film Project and 20 Year celebration Event 10 Volunteers involved in Film 30 Volunteers involved in Event June and July Exhibition in partnership with SVP showing work done so far through transcripts 10 Volunteers involved in transcriptions July August Mysheffield will be presenting at the Sheffield First ‘Startegies for bringing communities together’ on Thursday 16th July 4 Volunteers attending July August September October November Mysheffield has been asked to present a 1hour talk on the project to the Birmingham Local Studies conference of Librarians in October Presentation completed two trainees presenting to Birmingham Conference, well received. October Work with Derek Yeardley Collected Photo and document set Scanned and indexed Uploaded and presented on Mysheffield Returned Documents Derek Interviewed by Callum for Web site article Collection forming the bulk of November newsletter posted to members 11th November Sep Nov Dec Youth Forum supported by Children and Young peoples empowerment Project started, with support from Mysheffield Young Peoples group. Oct onwards Project display booked into the foyer of City Library for March March Final phase of the project to take place in Ecclesfield, involving Ecclesfield School in local project leading up to final exhibition. Jan