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Some proudest moments from running the Citadel in the 1980’s.
When bands played at The Lamb pub.
For the full interview with Mike contact St Helens Archive Service. https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/3… Artist Collective Re-Dock have been working with St Helens Library Service aiming to capture people’s experiences of Creative St Helens 1982-1995. The is part of a wider two-year National Lottery Heritage Fund project ‘Creative Underground’, coordinated by St Helens Library Service. We are asking people to come forward with contributions and memories that could be contributed to be saved for future generations within the borough collections at St Helens Archive Service.
What was ‘Deadfly’ recording studios?
Being involved in a ‘Youth Quake’ in St Helens in the 1980’s
For the full interview with Barry contact St Helens Archive Service. https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/article/3… Artist Collective Re-Dock have been working with St Helens Library Service aiming to capture people’s experiences of Creative St Helens 1982-1995. The is part of a wider two-year National Lottery Heritage Fund project ‘Creative Underground’, coordinated by St Helens Library Service. We are asking people to come forward with contributions and memories that could be contributed to be saved for future generations within the borough collections at St Helens Archive Service.
Working at The Citadel when it re-opened in the 1980’s
Come and See Us.
Community Performance at PARR
On 2nd April 23, we held our first in a series of community performances at Parr Boxing Club. This was the first outing of the short play with music that the students from St Helens College have been working on with direction from Roger Hill. The play sprung out of ideas from an original screening of The Houghton Project and focused down on celebrating what is amazing about St Helens today.
A key feature of the play is a song composed by some of the students and a dance developed by others that the audience are encouraged to copy and share.
Performing in a boxing club was actually a lot of fun – and the students used the boxing ring as a backdrop to the piece, creating another sense of surrealism
We had a good turn out – lots of families and young children who took advantage of the print workshop we ran in the foyer pre-show. This print making workshop was another opportunity for some of the design students from the college to get hands on experience of delivering workshops in a community setting. Led by their tutor Mark, the session used block printing letters to create fun artwork around the themes of the play.
We also used this an an opportunity to invite the audience to the ‘Amazing Day’ planned for 29th April as well as promoting the wider project showcasing some of the material we’ve already collected.
One Amazing Day
Saturday 29th April was truly, ‘One Amazing Day’ in St Helens with a whole range of the community invited into the city centre to be part of the Borough of Culture celebrations coordinated by ‘Walk the Plank.
As part of the day, we had the opportunity to showcase some of the work we have been doing for Creative St Helens 82-95, screening films in the church and collecting memories of where people used to go in the 80’s and 90’s when the arts scene was flourishing. So many people came up to us to share their stories of growing up in St Helens in the 80’s and 90’s. It was so encouraging that the town has such a rich history!
Barry Gore Slideshow
Barry Gore talks through some of his favourite photos that he took in St Helens in the 1980’s.