We are trying to research the history and heritage of the Broadgreen Area. There are a number of other strands to this.
1. Drove School, the year 5 pupils will be running a small research project to identify the history of the street names in the area. There are basically three groups, GWR railway engineers, senior Politicians, and West African names it is hoped that the young people will be able to discover how the names were allocated 100 years ago and if there were any reasons why these themes were chosen.
2. Our partnership with Swindon 105.5, Community Radio. John Taylor is going around interviewing people who live, work and visit the area and can tell a story about their life and experiences in Broadgreen. John thanked John Phillips, Stella Edwards and Cluniford Mason for their interviews, that have already been broadcast, Rebecca McIntosh and her friend Mavis who talked about the move from Jamaica to the UK and ultimately to the Broadgreen Area. We now have a very strong partnership with the station and if anyone has a topic they would like to be discussed, then please contact John, or Karen Leakey. We want to develop Broadgreen’s leadership in this radio project, which is called Swindon Voices. The interviews are broadcast on Tuesdays from around 4pm; you can also listen live on the Internet.
3. Some people recently took a trip to Liddington; there were 2 groups, a family and the Caribbean group. The family group went there to see if they could find out more about a newspaper report from 1919 about 3 lads from Medgbury Road who had been killed in an accident whilst out walking at Liddington. Unfortunately the Parish Council minutes that would record the details have been transferred to the Wilts. and Swindon Archive in Chippenham, but it is hoped a trip there will soon be organised. Some people in the village suggested that the accident might have actually occurred in Chiseldon, as there were ranges there from WW1.
We have now purchased a 3 in one scanner, copier and printer, from money raised from the sales of paint, so it is requested that once again that people search through their things, for photos and documents relating to this area, and we will be able to digitise them there and then. We do not want to keep your treasured possessions.
Some time towards the end of January, we hope to put on a small exhibition with what we have acquired.
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Report from Community Council Meeting 1st Oct. 2008
Swindon Voices is still a live project with Community Radio 105.5, although nothing has been recorded yet. Really big news is John has had a couple of meetings with staff at Drove School concerning the road names project, where pupils will be researching the history of the road names in the Broadgreen Area. About 50 pupils from year 5 will be starting this after half term and the teachers are currently seeing how this will fit in with the national curriculum. During half term there will be a visit to Liddington because Karen Coulthard came across a newspaper article from 1919, recording the fact that three young lads were killed at Liddington Hill, what ties it to this area is that the lads all came from Medgbury Road. Because John spent 2 years as Parish Clerk at Liddington, he knows that Parish Council minutes are held going back to 1919 and beyond, and feels sure that within those minutes there will be a report of the incident. Liddington also have a millennium embroidery with the names of all people living there and John is aware the Caribbean Ladies are planning an embroidery so this idea may fit in with them.
Concerning the road names, there is some confusion as to how Alfred Street was named. It could be after a local builders son or one of Queen Victoria’s sons.
Tim had noticed an article in the Adver that said part of Manchester Road was originally called Mill Street; this was actually the original name for the part of Manchester Road between Corporation Street and Aylesbury Street, which then joined on to Milford Street. John Phillips said his Grandparents lived at 126 Manchester Road and there was a blacksmiths shop in Carlton Street.
Mill Street before it became part of Manchester Road.
Concerning the road names, there is some confusion as to how Alfred Street was named. It could be after a local builders son or one of Queen Victoria’s sons.
Tim had noticed an article in the Adver that said part of Manchester Road was originally called Mill Street; this was actually the original name for the part of Manchester Road between Corporation Street and Aylesbury Street, which then joined on to Milford Street. John Phillips said his Grandparents lived at 126 Manchester Road and there was a blacksmiths shop in Carlton Street.
Mill Street before it became part of Manchester Road.
Report from Community Council Meeting 3rd Sept. 2008
Community Radio 105.5 want to start a new programme called ‘Swindon Voices’ where they will interview local residents about their experiences and views on Swindon, this could marry up with the history project as we want to record the oral history of this area and they have the recording equipment. Informal chats could be held before the monthly BSACC meetings and recorded for both the radio station, if people give their permission, and also for our archive.
This year, a class at Drove School are looking at the history of the road names in Broadgreen.
At the next Saturday Community Plan meeting, people will be able to bring along their history bits and documents so they can be scanned onto a computer for archiving.
The Broadgreen and Queenstown Area circa 1900.
This year, a class at Drove School are looking at the history of the road names in Broadgreen.
At the next Saturday Community Plan meeting, people will be able to bring along their history bits and documents so they can be scanned onto a computer for archiving.
The Broadgreen and Queenstown Area circa 1900.
About the group
Purpose
The Group will work to nurture a sense of 'Pride of Place' within the Broadgreen community and the wider Swindon community.
Strategy
The Group will seek to engage local residents, schools and external bodies in research and promotion of the history and associated heritage of the Broadgreen Neighbourhood.
Subjects
The scope of the Group's early work will focus upon: -
* Initial design and development of the area - This work will seek to identify any guiding design principles used to create the layout of the area. Research will also seek to identify any specific reasoning for the allocation of street names.
* Oral History - A significant number of residents have lived in the area for many years. These people have a personal, as yet untapped, treasure trove of facts, perceptions and life style experiences that will combine to create the rich picture of changes, both physical and social, which would otherwise be lost.
* Photgraphic records - A call for those forgotten photograghs, from residents and the wider Swindon community,will facilitate the development of an archive that visibly illustartes Broadgreen's history.
* Religious developments - Currently the practice of religion is focussed upon St Luke's Church and the Mosques at Broad Street and Alfred Street. This has not always been the case and it will be important to trace the changes that have occurred in Broadgreen's first 100 years.
The Group will work to nurture a sense of 'Pride of Place' within the Broadgreen community and the wider Swindon community.
Strategy
The Group will seek to engage local residents, schools and external bodies in research and promotion of the history and associated heritage of the Broadgreen Neighbourhood.
Subjects
The scope of the Group's early work will focus upon: -
* Initial design and development of the area - This work will seek to identify any guiding design principles used to create the layout of the area. Research will also seek to identify any specific reasoning for the allocation of street names.
* Oral History - A significant number of residents have lived in the area for many years. These people have a personal, as yet untapped, treasure trove of facts, perceptions and life style experiences that will combine to create the rich picture of changes, both physical and social, which would otherwise be lost.
* Photgraphic records - A call for those forgotten photograghs, from residents and the wider Swindon community,will facilitate the development of an archive that visibly illustartes Broadgreen's history.
* Religious developments - Currently the practice of religion is focussed upon St Luke's Church and the Mosques at Broad Street and Alfred Street. This has not always been the case and it will be important to trace the changes that have occurred in Broadgreen's first 100 years.
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