Posts by Teresa Hillier
Poetry by Owen Davies
Poetry by Pen Y Bryn Pupils
These poems are written by the talented pupils from Ysgol Pen Y Bryn taking inspiration from some of the early photographs of Longfields Association and Cerebral Palsy Midlands. They were written during our workshop day at Pen Y Bryn School, Sara Beer from Disability Arts Cymru and film maker Ben Ewart-Dean led the event and we looked at the photographs and saw a short clip of some old film footage. The pupils reflected on the material and wondered about: why the pupils did not have a uniform but the staff did how uncomfortable the calipers were that some of the children were wearing what
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Being creative!
Pupils from Pen Y Bryn School and individuals from Swansea Vale Resource Centre created a project legacy of hand-prints. Visit the Waterfront Museum, Swansea from 9th May to 3rd June to see the finished article on display!
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A link to an article published in The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/how-1950s-parents-were-forced-to-fight-for-children-with-cerebral-palsys-right-to-education-73779
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Longfields Print Room
For many years Longfields ran a successful print room which was staffed by service users. They met a range of printing orders from private and commercial customers. Although Christmas is now a distant memory these are some of the cards that you could have purchased from Longfields print room in times gone by!
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Autumn 2017 Newsletter
Take a look at our project newsletter to bring you up to date with project activities! Autumn 2017 newsletter
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A trip down memory lane at West Glamorgan Archive Service
It is always a pleasure to visit West Glamorgan Archive Service, a warm welcome always awaits! This week a group from the Resource Centre came to look at some old photographs and have a think about what they would like to see in the exhibition. Amongst the group were the two Paulines, Chris and Sara plus Andy and staff from the Resource Centre. After a visit to the Strongroom where we saw the oldest item in the archives – the Neath Charter, written in Latin on parchment we made our way to the search-room. We had a chat about the project
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A collaborative workshop!
As part of the Legacy of Longfields project research has uncovered old photographs. During our workshop day at Pen Y Bryn School, Sara Beer from Disability Arts Cymru and film maker Ben Ewart-Dean led the event and we looked at the photographs and saw a short clip of some old film footage. The pupils reflected on the material and came up with creative responses in the form of poems, drawings and drama. The responses will be edited by Ben into a single film and will be exhibited, alongside some of the created work, at the end-of-project exhibition in May 2018. We started
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Question time at Pen Y Bryn
Pen Y Bryn pupils have been very busy learning about the history of Longfields Association and during October I took part in a question and answer session at the school. The pupils of today wondered what pupils in 1953 did when they started at the school established by ‘Longfields parents’. There was a wide range of questions, some of which are reproduced here. There were lots more! What did they do for entertainment? What lessons did they have? Did they play football/any sport in school? What did they have for dinner? Was there a library in school? Did they go on
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