30 pupils at a Gateshead primary school became oral historians for a day to capture people's memories of Felling Swimming Baths and discuss past, present and future of their local area. Part of the 'Concrete Dreams' project Farrell Centre Newcastle Oral History Collective

Last summer, Ed Garnett the new Communications Intern for the Collective spent a month at the Srebrenica Memorial Center Potočari. Here Ed writes about the Center’s oral history work and its significance to remembering genocide. Check out the post: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2…

🏘️The Byker Estate in Newcastle: an international icon of pioneering urban regeneration. Discover how dedicated individuals are preserving its human stories for future generations. 📖Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2… #OralHistory #BykerEstate #UrbanRegeneration #BykerStories

The UK’s children’s social care system has long faced challenges—from rising demand to quality concerns. 🔎Caring Communities: Rethinking Children’s Social Care explores its history to shape the future 📖 Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2… #SocialCare #HistoryOfCare #OralHistory

A new journey starting with the past. Brilliant day with the team of young people from the estate, diving deep into the history of Byker, its communities and the built environment, to develop design ideas for the next phase of local street art.

Brilliant day with the team of young people, Foundation Futures and Mark One87, diving deep into the history of Byker, its communities and the built environment, to develop design ideas for the next phase of local street art. #HistoryInTheMaking Karbon Homes Historic England

📢The Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (GHSA) is launching an education programme (Feb–May 2025) at the Glasgow Zine Library. 🎓📜 Learn how it is documenting housing struggles & providing training in historical skills. 📖 Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2… #OralHistory

A short video from our visit with Newcastle General Hospital nurses to the former site, where derelict buildings are currently being demolished. Part of our NGH community history project, supported by Newcastle University Engagement and Place. youtu.be/P12WxVq6rQg?si…

"It was a bit of a shock." Former Newcastle General Hospital nurses visiting the demolition site.

🌎Dr Wendy Rickard has been awarded a Daphne Jackson Fellowship for her project on global HIV oral histories. Her research will uncover how the HIV pandemic is remembered and recorded globally. 📖Read the blog: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2… #OralHistory #DaphneJacksonFellowship

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📝 Former nurses revisit Newcastle General Hospital - now set to become a Health Innovation Neighbourhood. Part of the NGH Community History project by Northern Cultural Projects & Newcastle University Engagement & Place. 📽️ Learn more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2… #OralHistory

🗂️New Blog: Professors Alaa Alameri & Graham Smith are bringing oral history teaching into Iraqi universities, having co-created an Arabic oral history guide. 📖Read more: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/oral-history/2… #OralHistory #HigherEducation #Iraq