Floating Memories has been developed with the support of the following partner organisations: East Sussex Records Office, Screen Archive South East, Design Archives, Brighton Fishing Museum, Brighton Museum and the University of Brighton.

EAST SUSSEX RECORDS OFFICE
The East Sussex Records Office (ESRO) will house the archive once it is complete, and to assist with the compilation of the archive. To catalogue the archive to ISAD (G) standards, ESRO archivist Andrew Bennett will work with Paul Farrington (Project Director), members of Brighton Swimming Club and a team of volunteers to collate the archive and present its contents correctly to these appropriate standards. A range of material has not been collected and new material will hopefully be received through events, memory days, oral history recordings and at various times throughout the project, then added to the archives and catalogued by volunteers under the supervision of Andrew Bennett who states ‘I think the combination of archives, museum objects, film footage and personal recollection will amount to an excellent project that reflects the importance of this club’s place in Brighton’s sporting and cultural history’.
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SCREEN ARCHIVE SOUTH EAST
Screen Archive South East (SASE) will digitize and conserve 23 reels of 16mm film, filmed as early as 1940, made by member Roger Dunford who sadly passed away in March 2011. SASE Director Frank Gray states: ‘The Dunford collection is really good and very unique in the way that it documents the Brighton Swimming Club and Roger’s life and interests in the late 40s/50s. This is why we would like to see it deposited with us’.
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BRIGHTON FISHING MUSEUM
Brighton Fishing Museum will house a permanent display within its recently acquired enjoining Arch. Planning with members of the club and volunteers will be made to display 150 years of Brighton Swimming Club alongside other major contributions to the history of Brighton’s seafront. Once on display, it will be be seen by a large and diverse audience all year round, seven days a week – free of charge.

Fishing Museum Chair Andy Durr states: ‘The Brighton Swimming Club project is historically important within its own right. But it becomes more important when some of its out comes could be on permanent display to be seen by such a large and diverse audience’.

This permanent display will provide an ongoing education resource to the people and schools in Brighton. Schools and Universities are keen that the fishing museum will house the exhibition as it will help people learn about their own and other peoples heritage by being able to view this unique aspect of local history. The archives can be used as a springboard for inspiration and learning across the subject areas of Art & Design, Sport, Science, Geography, and History. Schools will have access to the website and the material will be on display.
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DESIGN ARCHIVES
The University of Brighton Design Archives is an internationally significant scholarly resource focusing on British design and global design organisations in the twentieth century. We are a research base with a curatorial team that initiates and promotes collaborative activity through a programme of publication and exhibition projects, contributing substantially to the research profile of the University. The Design Archives support the work of scholars and students from many academic disciplines researching the designed environment, the design profession and design practice.
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UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
Moving Image and Graphic Design students from the University of Brighton will work with the Brighton Swimming Club archives to create work new work and be provided with professional working skills to produce a permanent exhibition and multimedia themed week exhibition.
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THE CENTRE FOR LIFE HISTORY AND LIFE WRITING RESEARCH
The Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research (CLHLWR) at the University of Sussex will participate in recruiting volunteers to train as oral history interviewers for the Brighton Swimming Club project. Towards the end of the project they will host a seminar where the researchers can disseminate their findings and outcomes to an academic audience.
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