What is it?
Hastings Speaks is creating a new Domesday record of ordinary people’s
lives in Hastings in 2016 as part of the Root 1066 International Festival,
using diaries, blogs, photos and pictures.
We are inviting
residents to participate in completing a diary about their lives on May 12th.
The project is prompted by the work of the Mass Observation Archive who set
their first national diary day on May 12th 1937 – to record the ‘common man’s
view of King George VI’s coronation.
The diaries will
provide a rich and comprehensive snapshot of life in Hastings: what gets us out of bed, what we do with our
days, what makes us laugh and drives us crazy.
What can you do?
Download a template from the blog page and write up your day – (see:
25 Ways to Write A Diary)
Pictures, words, podcasts, poems, a blow by blow account – whatever
works for you.
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We have collection points for hard copies of the diaries at: Hastings Museum, Tourist Information, Sussex
Coast College Reception, Ore & Hollington Libraries.
What
happens next?
We are
asking for all diary entries to be sent to us by May 30th. Emails containing day diaries pop up in hastingsspeaks@gmail.com email account. We
begin to code names/address to separate names from entries, (e.g, to anonymise)
and publish diaries on our blog and in Hastings Independent Press.
We are
running a workshop on May 24th to show you how to polish/edit or
turn your day into a work of fiction.
We will be publishing a selection of blogs in a
Hastings Speaks Anthology – on sale in September. We will be inviting
participants to read work out loud (or have it read) at a Spoken Word Event on
September 28th.
The ROOT 1066 International Festival
is inspired by the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings and funded by
Hastings Borough Council and Arts Council England.
If you would like to know more about Hastings Speaks or
get involved call Chris on 07738 763161 or Bev on 07901 916288 or email:
Hastingspeaks@gmail.com. To follow what we’re doing check out our Facebook
page: Hastings Speaks, twitter @hastingsspeaks or Instagram #hastingsspeaks.
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