Poetry by Owen Davies
Longfields and Owen Davies.
Poetry by Pen Y Bryn Pupils
Ben Ewart Dean, Carlson House School, Cerebral Palsy Midlands, Disability Arts Cymru, Disability History, Longfields, and Pen Y Bryn School.
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
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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
Disability History and Media.
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
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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
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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
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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
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