Ae welcomed fine art student Isabel from Plymouth University this week, who will volunteer with ‘The Island Stories’ in researching the history of Barne Barton and making new art work …
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Lomography in Barne Barton
Fotonow enjoyed a walk around the soon to be regenerated housing in Barne Barton, a sunny Winter’s day allowed for some colour 35mm photography. The LomoWide camera provided a great …
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Chance family meeting
We love unexpected outcomes while working in projects, so it was a fabulous surprise when Plymouth University fine art students Dylan Cotton (who joins the project as a volunteer) bumped …
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RegenSpace serving the community for decades
Has been wonderful meeting Kathy Cotton and hearing about all of her work in the community over the years. Here’s a little advert for one of a past community projects, …
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Welcome volunteer Terry to the RegenSpace
We really enjoyed a day at the RegenSpace developing our social history project, with volunteer Terry working to scan a collection of photographs belonging to Kathy Cotton, a resident with …
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Community Fun Day – Feb 16th
A fun day with The Island Stories team at the RegenSpace, 8 Roberts Road, Barne Barton on Friday 16th February 10am-1pm Drop-in oral history recording booth in the Camper Obscura …
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Filmmaking at Riverside Community Primary School
Fotonow headed into the local primary school to teach filmmaking skills ahead of the 10th anniversary of the school’s opening. The children had scripted a new tour of their school …
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History of Plymouth’s ‘forgotten island’
It was really fabulous to see time-line of history of Barne Barton in the local paper Thanks to journalist Sarah Waddington for the article, we’ll look forward to getting some …
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Riverside Primary School ’10th year anniversary’ project
Fotonow’s team headed into the local primary school to begin six weeks of media workshops, with the aim of getting Year 5s interested in history and develop a celebration event …
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Devonport Naval Heritage Centre visit – RDV Crystal
Devonport Naval Heritage Centre archive is tucked away in a corner of residential Plympton in what used to be a community centre. Ryan, a volunteer on the Island Stories, and myself were met by Paul Santillo …
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