The Sweet Thames exhibition banners can be loaned out for free to folk clubs and venues across London and other educational, musical or heritage organisations. The six pull-up banners are relatively easy for two people to erect, take down and pack away and they will come with instructions on how to do this carefully and …
Ongoing archiving If you have items related to London folk clubs you wish to donate to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML), even after the official end date of the Sweet Thames Project, the team there would love to speak to you. It is best if you contact them first, either by email or phone …
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We had a full house for the Sweet Thames exhibition launch on Saturday at Cecil Sharp House in Storrow Hall, coincidentally where one of the earliest London folk clubs ‘The Cellar’ began in the mid-1950s. The project team had fun setting up the exhibition banners, folk club bunting and audio posts in good time for …
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These two interactive workshops will run in the Committee Room, Cecil Sharp House, 6-9pm on Thursday 17th November and Thursday 24th November 2022. Get involved in the Sweet Thames project and register now to join our wonderful volunteer team for these workshops. Places are limited. Please book your place here. In these workshops we will …
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In July 2022 we ran four oral history training workshops for twenty project volunteers to learn interviewing skills in order to record at least one interview for the project each. The workshops were fun and engaging and we established a cohesive team of volunteers, making friends along the way. The interviews took place over the …
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Monday 15th August 2022. 12:30 to 4pm The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML), Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, NW1 7AY We are recruiting now for our Sweet Thames: The London Folk Club Heritage project volunteer team who will receive free training to assist us in conducting archival research at the VWML. We will …
Sweet Thames: The London Folk Club Heritage Project Launch and Digitisation Drop-in Open Day Event. Saturday 2nd July 2022, 11am to 3:30pm, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML), Cecil Sharp House, NW1 7AY. We managed to digitise some important photos and documents at this event and meet new contacts for the project. If you missed our …
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We have now fully recruited our project volunteer team for the free training to assist us in recording oral histories and conducting archival research at the VWML. We will eventually co-curate a project exhibition to tour some London venues which will also accompany a project theatrical and musical performance piece based on the collected stories …
Star Creative Heritage are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of “Sweet Thames: The London Folk Club Heritage Project”. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by The English Folk Dance and Song Society, The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, Camden People’s Theatre, The Cellar Upstairs, The Goose is Out, Islington Folk Club, Sharp’s …
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