Sounds most interesting and very useful.
David
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From: jacqueline.cooper [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Fri 4/1/2005 19:55
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Subject: Re: recording the present
If I can pick up on some of David Gatley's very important points
about
recording the present, he may not have heard of the Local
History Recorder
Scheme. This was set up in the 1950s in Suffolk and has spread
to a handful
of other counties - Norfolk, Essex and Hertfordshire are ones I
know of. I
have not found any evidence that it has spread over the whole
country,
although it may do so under a different name. I would really
like to hear
about anyone running such schemes in other counties, and share
experiences
and views on how this can develop further.
The aim of the Local History Recorder scheme is precisely as
David says - to
record the present, in addition to ensuring that old archives,
photos etc
are not thrown away. Recorders often take pictures of buildings
before and
after changes in the village, for instance, or keep a record of
special
events. They also compile oral history tapes of long-term
residents - an
urgent task, likewise recording fading inscriptions on
gravestones, and
numerous other unglamorous but essential projects. Of course
local
historians all over the place do this kind of thing without any
recognition,
but the Local History Recorder Scheme is an attempt to organise
it in a
loose sort of way, and to offer advice and pool facilities.
Hence my
question about the best way to preserve photographic evidence -
the answer,
so I gather from all these replies, is that there is no
guaranteed method at
all?
Jacqueline Cooper
Chairman
Uttlesford (District) Local History Recorders, Essex
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