Bristol Schools podcast - BCfm & UOSH by bristolmuseums

We are so proud and pleased to share here this amazing new series of podcasts called 'Bristol Schools'. They've been lovingly created by local people with the help of Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, BCfm community radio and Bristol Museums’ participation team. 9 freshly trained podcasters tell 9 special stories inspired by the oral histories in Bristol Libraries ‘Bristol People’s Oral History Project’.

The oral histories were recorded as part of a project run by Stephen Humphries in the late 1970s to record recollections of childhood and youth. The project interviewed about 200 working class people from Bristol and the West Country who were born between 1890 and 1925.

Under the guidance of BCfm’s Marcus Smith, local people were recruited and trained to create podcasts based on these recordings, enhancing them with commentary that contrasts and compares schooling today with that of a century ago. Moving, funny and thoughtful by turns, they have been compiled into this one hour audio piece.

The Bristol People's Oral History Project recordings are now available in digital format thanks to the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project based at Bristol Archives.

Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is a national project led by the British Library and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Find out more about the project at www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/tag/uosh

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