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Place, Work and Folk: capturing unforgettable stories of Bridgend Farmhouse
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Thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund we ran an exciting Community Oral History Project project where local people were invited to talk about their memories of the farmhouse when it was a working farm, while learning and creative activity projects based on their stories linked past and present.
This eighteen-month project started in August 2017 when we employed our Project Officer, Carol Stobie, and comes to its official end in March 2019, although some of the many great volunteers involved continue to complete the documenting and cataloguing of the masses of material we were able to gather. Carol says: Our task was to record and share the stories and living memories of Bridgend Farm, up to the end of its time as a working farm. It’s led us into the most wonderful discoveries, enriching conversations, new friendships and rewarding connections. Over our first six months, we recruited and trained a highly skilled team of volunteers. We’ve also created a Bridgend Farm oral history archive, which is available in various formats. We developed all of this through skilled outreach work and oral history interviewing. As much of this material is contained in large files we have split this over several pages and locations to make it as accessible as possible for those viewing on differing devices and varying broadband access. Project background and aims:
The farmhouse dates back to the very early 19th century, if not the 18th century. It was a working farm up until the 1970’s, but eventually fell derelict, with the last farmers leaving in 2000. For older people in the local community it is a lasting reminder of childhood and a past rural way of life in an area that is now part of the city of Edinburgh. The heritage project captures people’s memories before they are forgotten and lost, it enables local people to look at the past for the sake of the future and make use of what they’ve learnt in the present. Taking part in the heritage project enables people to experience what Bridgend Farmhouse has to offer them in the future. Lucy Casot, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland, said: “So much of our local history is woven into people’s reminiscences and experiences. Bridgend Farm: Place, Work and Folk will capture these elements of our shared history that is in danger of disappearing as it slips out of human memory. Thanks to National Lottery players, HLF is able to support such projects that conserve people’s contribution to their heritage.” 
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You can read our printed 72 page Booklet of the Project here. It is a quite a large file, so if you have a poor internet connection you may prefer to download the PDF copy below.
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