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Carran’s Working Diary 29: Writing on the Wall 4 SkEtching a herstory

Carran Waterfield — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:16:57 +0000

The harvest was gathered this year and I am celebrating some of that with this offering: Sing for your Supper The sharing of the harvest extends beyond the working house over the ocean (or as some fondly call it – the big pond) to America. They have just had a […]

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Carran’s Working Diary 28: Writing on the Wall 4: SkEtching a Visitor

Carran Waterfield — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:22:20 +0000

I haven’t been here for a while but I am here now. This particular visit is important to me because it means I am not alone. Thank you. I haven’t been here for some time because I got a new position in a big place in Beetham, Cumbria. It is […]

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Collaborative Perspectives on Online Presence

admin-poor — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:26:23 +0000

Jenny Hughes and Carran Waterfield This blog post is based on our presentation at the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership ‘Promoting Collaborative Research Through Your Online Profile’ event on 25th January 2016 – we were invited to talk to PhD students about how we used online presence to support […]

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Carran’s Working Diary 27: Pictures and Voices

Carran Waterfield — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:13:42 +0000

From the Concert here are Pictures on the Wall and Voices on the Past

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Carran’s Diary 26: Writing on the Wall 3: SkEtching a book

Carran Waterfield — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:54:08 +0000

On Breaking the Rule Book: “The thing is, not everyone does it by the book. In the south, they do it by the book, but in the north they don’t do anything by the book. They don’t believe in the book. In Rochdale, they’ve thrown the book out. They don’t […]

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Carran’s Working Diary 25: Writing on the wall: 2 SkEtching a step

Carran Waterfield — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:45:32 +0000

“We put them on steps and they have to work their way up the steps until finally they reach the top step when hopefully they are independent enough to go their own way and jump off the top….not literally, we don’t encourage that.” (Funraiser) I landed on the theme of […]

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Carran’s Working Diary 24: Writing on the Wall 1: SkEtching an apple

Carran Waterfield — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 23:54:17 +0000

There are etchings on the walls of prisons and workhouses that tell tales and give clues about what lies beneath. I thought I should scratch something here about one or two things now by way of interpretation or translation to talk a bit more deeply about what has gone into […]

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Carran’s Working Diary 23: Two concerts in Beetham and a Full Moon

Carran Waterfield — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:40:44 +0000

We took the concert to Heron Corn Mill, Beetham – a place of work that has seen feast and famine. We were seen by quite a few people in the afternoon and it was good. This evening was a full moon. Some people had travelled from Lancaster and others from […]

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The House – hatches, matches and dispatches

admin-poor — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:59:30 +0000

We are delighted to publish a guest post from Janice Wilson, Blue Badge tourist guide and volunteer at Heron Corn Mill. Janice saw a performance of The House in the barn at Heron Corn Mill on 24th November. (photograph courtesy of Joel Chester Fildes) Our home offers an individual […]

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Carran’s Working Diary 22: Here are three photographs

Carran Waterfield — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:04:05 +0000

The photographer came to The House and took some photographs. Here are three of them.

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