Tag: the houghton project
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 college like in St Helens in the 1980’s
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
Panal Discussion – 25th Nov 2023
On 25th Nov we premiered the film ‘Another Country’ at Lucem House in St Helens. The sold out screening featured a panel discussion featuring Roger Hill, Rebecca Ainsworth, Paul Hogan, Barry Gore and Barrie Pennington.
Come and See Us.
Film Screenings at Lucem House
On Friday 26th and the afternoon of Saturday 27th, we screened a couple of our archive films at Lucem House Community Cinema in then heart of St Helens. Friday’s screening of The Houghton Project was followed by a discussion with some people who were involved at the time, Barry Gore, Esther Wilson, Andy Cave and Roger Hill.
We had a reasonable turnout given the hot weekend weather and it was great to watch the film with a collective audience and their response. This was interesting, generally, people were not just looking back with a ‘It used to be great back then’ perspective, but with more of an impetus to ‘Why can’t we do something like that now?’ The 80’s for St Helens were in many ways a tough time for the town with many local industry and employers closing down, yet, it was also a time for immense creativity. In some of the interviews we’ve done, people talk about this sense of waiting for something to happen and it kind of feels that way again.