Category: Discussion
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Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Presentation
I presented a paper (‘Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Investigating the Uncanny in Industrial Communities’) at this year’s (2025) DVMWHS Research Workshop, in the Strutt Centre, Belper, today, summarising the IF project. For any who were unable to make it; and audience members who might find further perusal useful; I’ve provided the content…
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Exploring Otherworld Derby: Fact and Fiction
Industrial Folkways’ investigations begin in and around Derby, due to the availability and accessibility of both existing evidence, and previous research; and (informed by the primary and secondary sources), the potential for finding further data of relevance to the project. In an old town like this, we can reach out and touch the past: it’s…
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DVMWHS Research Workshop (March 2025): IF Presentation
I’ll be delivering a presentation, entitled ‘Picking Up Threads or Spinning New Yarns? Investigating the Uncanny in Industrial Age Communities’, at the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Research Workshop, 12.25pm, 25 March, at the Strutts Community Centre, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU. The working abstract for the presentation is as follows: The Industrial Folkways project explores…
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(Un-)decking the Halls
Sadly, the time has come to take down (most of) the Christmas decorations – including this kissing bough, made for the Markeaton event, at the end of November (pictured here, before installation outside – to keep fresh for bringing in again on Christmas Eve). Although this decoration has now shrivelled due to central heating, other…
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Interactive Guide Quiz Part Two: At the Hall Answers
Points are awarded for each part of the answer, with a total of 55. Let Industrial Folkways know how you’ve done by 28 December through the Quiz Completion questionnaire, and you can download a participation certificate; or share your scores through project social media, to get a shout-out for taking part.
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Interactive Guide Quiz Part One: A Walk in the Park Answers
Points are awarded for each part of the answer, with a total of 30. Let Industrial Folkways know how you’ve done by 28 December through the Quiz Completion questionnaire, and you can download a participation certificate; or share your scores through project social media, to get a shout-out for taking part.
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Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide Quiz Part 2: At the Hall
The second part of the quiz is based on the content of the second section of the Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide: At the Hall. The answers to each question are allocated points, so that groups of families and friends can in they like compete against one another, the highest number winning. The answers…
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Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide Quiz Part 1: A Walk in the Park
The first part of the quiz is based on the content of the first section of the Dickensian Derbyshire Country Christmas Interactive Guide: A Walk in the Park. The answers to each question are allocated points, so that groups of families and friends can in they like compete against one another, the highest number winning.…
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Industrial Folkways: Background
Industrial Folkways (IF) is informed by, and to some degree continues, work carried out through the pilot community archaeology project, ‘Living in the Past’ (‘LIPCAP’ / ‘LIP’), which surveyed mainly occupied industrial housing in the Midlands, to explore historic environments of domestic life, and material traces of everyday experience. I started LIP over a decade…