We’re working with our volunteers and groups of local young people around the Carmarthen area to collect and record recollections and stories of the site of the Old Bishop’s Palace, Abergwili, which will then feed into the 15 Minute Digital Heritage project. The site has over 800 years of history & our historical research volunteers have worked hard to collate it, but we don’t have much on record from the 1930’s onwards. We have a number of visitors who tell us how they were allowed into the gardens on a Sunday afternoon, or how they would fish the Bishop’s Pond, or that their aunt was a maid in the Palac, or that they had their wedding photos taken in the grounds etc. Well, this project is a chance for us to collect these stories and memories and to keep them on record. We’ve received a grant from the 15 Minute Digital Heritage Fund in order to do this and to feed into the trust’s digital content, through working with young people from the Carmarthen area to create short films which will be based around the recollection & stories that we collect.
We’d like to invite anyone who has any connection to the Old Bishop’s Palace, Abergwili site to come for a cup of tea or coffee & cake in our brand new café area to share their stories, memories and recollections and our trained volunteers will be on hand to record them.
The drop-in sessions will be held:
02/08/22 (Wednesday) 2pm – 4pm
03/08/22 (Thursday) 10am-12pm and 4.30pm-6.30pm
09/08/22 (Tuesday) 11am – 4pm
For further details please contact Ffiona on 07395082719 email: FfionaJones@tywigateway.org.uk
Bishop’s Park Recollections
Posted: 26/07/2022 by Ffiona Jones
We’re working with our volunteers and groups of local young people around the Carmarthen area to collect and record recollections and stories of the site of the Old Bishop’s Palace, Abergwili, which will then feed into the 15 Minute Digital Heritage project. The site has over 800 years of history & our historical research volunteers have worked hard to collate it, but we don’t have much on record from the 1930’s onwards. We have a number of visitors who tell us how they were allowed into the gardens on a Sunday afternoon, or how they would fish the Bishop’s Pond, or that their aunt was a maid in the Palac, or that they had their wedding photos taken in the grounds etc. Well, this project is a chance for us to collect these stories and memories and to keep them on record. We’ve received a grant from the 15 Minute Digital Heritage Fund in order to do this and to feed into the trust’s digital content, through working with young people from the Carmarthen area to create short films which will be based around the recollection & stories that we collect.
We’d like to invite anyone who has any connection to the Old Bishop’s Palace, Abergwili site to come for a cup of tea or coffee & cake in our brand new café area to share their stories, memories and recollections and our trained volunteers will be on hand to record them.
The drop-in sessions will be held:
02/08/22 (Wednesday) 2pm – 4pm
03/08/22 (Thursday) 10am-12pm and 4.30pm-6.30pm
09/08/22 (Tuesday) 11am – 4pm
For further details please contact Ffiona on 07395082719 email: FfionaJones@tywigateway.org.uk
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