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A group pic of the Dahaley family

Mohan’s visit

The Dahaley family together again, snapped by Jason Scott Tilley in December 2015, over fifty years after John Blakemore’s January 1964 original was taken.
Richard Sadler, Masterji, John Blakemore and Jason Tilley
Left to right: Richard Sadler, Masterji, John Blakemore and Jason Tilley, the exhibited photographers (photo: Steve Pool)

A Successful Launch!

Friday 14th August 2015 played host to a successful launch of the Imagine Hillfields exhibition.
Imagine logo

Organisational learning

An interesting discussion with Isaiah today.
A man speaking into a microphone

Hillz FM

Hillz FM is a community radio station in Hillfields, Coventry. It broadcasts on 98.6FM 24/7.
Photo of a radio microphone

The first interview

Neol Davis of The Selecter has been interviewed by Kate Hills.
Old photographs of Hillfields from Hillfields History Group

Update on working with the history group

After visiting Benwell for the Durham conference, Alice and I came back with a few publications from the Benwell History Group, including a high quality publication called ‘Made on Coal’. We gave the publications to the history group to look at.
An old photograph of Hillfields before the modern era

Working with the Hillfields history group

Starting this project, we had a small number of partners. This increased by one quickly as the local history group, with many old images, leaflets and documents about the area, and some 30GB of offline images, were willing to take part.