Floating Memories http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk Brighton Swimming Club Archives (1860 - Present) Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:34:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Oral History Workshop 2 http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2012/04/oral-history-interviews/ http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2012/04/oral-history-interviews/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:51:25 +0000 admin http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/?p=991 Paul and the Floating Memories volunteer team have already recorded over twenty interviews with club members, and the material gathered so far has been really fascinating. The recorded interviews are helping to piece together the story of the club’s more…

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Floating Memories volunteers have been working with Historian and Lecturer Jackie Marsh-Hobbs to produce a guided walk as part of this year’s Brighton Fringe.

The walking tours explore the forgotten, hidden or lost sites…

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Fishing Quarter / Brighton Fishing Museum
12PM – 5.30PM
Free

A series of informal talks about the history and benefits of sea swimming as part of floating memories, including Susie Parr on the social and cultural…

]]> http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2012/03/floating-memories-talks/feed/ 0 Design Archives Seminar http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2012/01/design-archives-seminar/ http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2012/01/design-archives-seminar/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:55:56 +0000 admin http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/?p=940 On the 8th December 2011, Design Archives at the University of Brighton hosted a ‘Digitisation of Archival Content – sharing expertise’ seminar. This was a free afternoon event with an aim of giving the Floating Memories participants an insight into…

]]> http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2012/01/design-archives-seminar/feed/ 0 Floating Memories Walking Tours. Brighton Festival Fringe 2012 http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/12/floating-memories-walking-tours-brighton-festival-fringe-2012/ http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/12/floating-memories-walking-tours-brighton-festival-fringe-2012/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:48:08 +0000 admin http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/?p=929 We are currently looking for people who would like to help us research and discover material held at the Brighton History Centre, that can be used to produce a walking tour that explores the history of swimming and sea bathing…

]]> http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/12/floating-memories-walking-tours-brighton-festival-fringe-2012/feed/ 0 First Oral History Interview / Discussion goes live http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/first-oral-history-interview-goes-live/ http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/first-oral-history-interview-goes-live/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:23:11 +0000 admin http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/?p=917 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

]]> http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/first-oral-history-interview-goes-live/feed/ 0 News Report http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/news-report/ http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/news-report/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:06:37 +0000 admin http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/?p=901 Following on from the Floating Memories talk given by Paul Farrington at this years Sports Cultures ESRC Festival of Social Science 2011, Royal Anthropological Institute – Education Officer, Nafisa Fera has written the following report about the project which she…

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]]> http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/memory-day-2/feed/ 0 Indecent Sea Bathing at Brighton, 1808 http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/indecent-sea-bathing-at-brighton-1808/ http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/2011/11/indecent-sea-bathing-at-brighton-1808/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:17:16 +0000 admin http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/?p=805 A report of a conviction for indecent exposure whilst sea bathing at Brighton in 1808, from the National Archives. Read the report here

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