Alan Dein and volunteers interview Brighton Swimming Club member Paul Smith
Following an excellent oral history workshop with Alan Dein on the 19th November 2011, 15 volunteers were involved in their first oral history interview with Brighton Swimming Club member Paul Smith. Listen to the interview here
A lovely account of the memory day has been written by University of Brighton, English Studies & English Literature student Anna Zehnpfund – read about the day here.
Roger Dunford’s collection of 16MM films have now been digitised by Screen Archive South East and we are eagerly waiting to see the results. Opportunities for volunteers are currently being organised so if you are interested in helping us document our film archives please get in touch.
A selection of Posters from the Brighton Swimming Club Archives
Workshop: Digitisation of Archival Content – sharing expertise
Cost: Free
Date: Wednesday 7 December
Venue: University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton
Time: 1pm – 4pm
A workshop hosted by the University of Brighton Design Archives in collaboration with the Brighton Swimming Club Archive.
Many organizations are digitising their collections to provide wider access to their holdings. This workshop has been designed to give participants from different backgrounds an insight into the care and digitisation of archival materials.
Find out about the speakers involved here
Note: This event is for students and other volunteers interested in gaining work experience in the field of digitisation through working with the Floating Memories project.
To book a place contact juliette@floatingmemories.co.uk
Alan Dein
Workshop: Oral History workshop for people interested in recording the memories of young and old members of Brighton Swimming Club (established 1860)
Cost: Free
Date: Saturday 19 November
Venue: University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton
Time: 10am – 4pm
Alan Dein will be presenting a one-day training session which explores the history and the range of oral history practice. He will be playing extracts from 25 years of his work in the field, and discussing the changing styles of both oral history methodology, and the impact of technological changes to the practice. The day will include opportunities to interview members of Brighton Swimming Club as part of the Floating Memories Project.
Alan Dein is a long established oral historian, and he also works as a broadcaster, making feature documentaries for BBC Radio 4. Find out more about his amazing work here.
Please note: due to the nature of this event places are very limited. If you would like to take part, please contact Juliette Buss, Floating Memories Project Manager: juliette@floatingmemories.co.uk
Brighton Swimming Club Archives
An opportunity has arisen for a volunteer to be trained by the curator of local history at Brighton Museum who is interested in digitising (scanning) and documenting the archives of Brighton Swimming Club and add this information to their collections management system. This material once digitised would then be added to the swimming club archives and included on this website.
This post is expected to take place in 2012. Experience of using computers is a must, and scanning experience would be an advantage. Please contact Paul Farrington on info@floatingmemories.co.uk if you would like to know more.