Historic England HAZ, Cultural Programme 2021
A programme co-designed and created with the local community, resulting in the delivery of a high-quality engagement activities, these included pop up events in local cafes, supporting the collection of memories and stories. These personal accounts were woven together with aspects of local heritage to create Kirkham’s Lancashire Folk Tale, “The Bride of Kirkham”, along with 12 bite size animations celebrating important aspects of Kirkham’s unique heritage. They were created by pupils from local school children, working with artist Izzie Major and Craig Sinclair.
“I think it’s a wonderful project for people to get involved in. When you do something like this… You think that you’re just ordinary like us, we are ordinary but when you share your memories, your stories, when you put them all together, they stop being ordinary they become something else, something extraordinary and something special.”
Superb storytelling, which resulted in fantastic performances on the high street, that included a pop-up heritage trail and cinema event.
Animating the high street
Connecting the community
Preserving heritage for future generations
Creating a better sense of place
The Bride of Kirkham
Inspired by local heritage and folklore, artists Izzie Major and Craig Sinclair created a magical Lancashire folktale called “The Brideof Kirkham”.
Kirkham Stories
Working with local schools and the community, artists Izzie Major and Craig Sinclair created 12 bite-sized animations celebrating Kirkham’s history and heritage.
Audrey, whose memory was used to create the Club Day, short story, and animation.
“We could write a book with the amount of memories of Kirkham we have! It is an absolute honour to hear that one of my memories has been chosen by the children to work with, how lovely, I’m so happy to be involved and that this is happening in Kirkham!”