Two young women from Hayle – May Stoneman and Cissie Rogers – died in a huge explosion at the National Explosives Factory on Hayle’s sand dunes on 20 December 1916. The factory at the time was producing munitions for the war and was one of the largest in the country. Click here to view a […]
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A closer look at the paintings in our exhibition suitcase presenting items brought to the UK by workers from eastern Europe who came to pick flowers in west Cornwall. Artist Glyn Goodwin has done an amazing job. This suitcase is currently on display at Parc Eglos Primary School in Helston, Cornwall.
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Our project Heart of Conflict has been uncovering stories about World War One in Cornwall since 2014, the centenary of the start of the war. The aim is to uncover stories that have never previously been told. These are stories that didn’t make the history books but deserve to have a spotlight thrown on them. […]
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BRIDGING ARTS general blog I PACKED THIS MYSELF … current work on migration
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A photogallery of our suitcase exhibition at Parc Eglos School in Helston, Cornwall, where we delivered workshops, assemblies and language teaching in January as part of our project I PACKED THIS MYSELF.
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We’re just starting to roll out our I PACKED THIS MYSELF in schools and community groups. We have a brand new set of materials, including these lovely cardboard cut outs so that people can create their own suitcases to think about the journeys that they might have to make in life. Anyone might need to […]
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