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Fountains of Tales was History In Actions second project. It began in September 2022, to gather testimony from people who frequented Fountains Cafe and Oastler market in Bradford, prior to their closure and ultimate demolishion. The previously unheard stories were dramatised by participants, alongside our own writer, and were performed by a community cast in April 2023 to a sell out audience in the cafe itself. The Fountains of Tales project was completed with an exhibition in Bradford which ran from June 2023 to December 2024 in the windows of the now-closed cafe, where thousands of shoppers who visited Oastler Market were able to view it. An evaluation of the project was prepared and sent to the funding body and key stakeholders. Fountains of Tales inspired local people to learn more about their local historic places and gain the confidence to tell their own stories about them in their own ways. This project aimed to engage with audiences who are traditionally marginalised due to their socio-economic, cultural background or age, enabling them to engage with high quality arts events, performances. By taking part in the project, we wanted local people to have the opportunity to connect with people in their community. The people involved came from a wide range of backgrounds, including Greek, Caribbean, Pakistani, white working class and many more. They also ranged in age from 18 yrs to 93 yrs. The project allowed people to have a greater understanding and enjoyment of the diversity of heritage around them understanding their own part in our heritage, how they have shaped our collective history whilst learning about other lives lived, recognising the similarities and celebrating the differences of lived experience of their neighbours. Central to this project, was that local people were involved throughout the process, not only sharing their stories, but also training in oral history techniques so they became the historians, shaping their stories into creative writing, promoting the project through local radio, volunteering and performing in the finished piece. Fountains of Tales recorded, preserved, shared and celebrated a wide and diverse range of stories. Over 180 people attended the performances, with tickets selling out in less than two weeks, demonstrating the ownership people felt for the project Everyone had the opportunity to tell their own stories, in their own way, and this shone through in the final performance, which reflected the words and language of those who shared their memories with us. Everyone involved said they had enjoyed the experience, from simply telling us about their memories to playing a part in the performances to attending the show itself. The project made me feel proud to be part of it and show the Bradford history in a way you would never would think of and it cannot have been any better. The people in the project just makes me feel like part of a family and it just feels like the connection was great. Champion Jack of the Ovenden Delta was History in Actions third project. Ovenden lies 1 mile north of Halifax in West Yorkshire. Since the 1950s, much of Ovenden has been developed into council housing estates for the working class community. When compared to the rich history of Halifaxs Piece Hall or Anne Listers home, Shibden Hall, there continues a perception that nothing of interest could have come from Ovenden. Our Champion Jack project aimed to redress this perception, working closely with community members and organisations to shine a light on the untold stories of the people who have lived their own, vibrant lives amongst the hills above Halifax. One such character was a certain Jack Dupree. In the 1960s, Champion Jack as he was known certainly stood out as he drove around the lanes in his bright pink American Lincoln station wagon. His life story is no less dramatic. Indeed, Jack was a New Orleans blues legend who left America because of the continued racism he faced, met and married Shirley Ann, a local Ovenden girl and settled in her home town where he welcomed icons like Louis Armstrong, BB King and Eric Clapton to their house. This project was a co-created, community-focused exploration of the working class history of Ovenden, using the incredible life story of Champion Jack Dupree to engage the local community and capture the oral history of the community members who welcomed Jack, shedding light on themes like migration, sanctuary, and cross-community solidarity. The project began in January 2024, when we formalised partnership agreements with community partners including the Dupree family and Light Up BAHC, Calderdale Council, Culturdale 2024, Calderdale College and Calderdale Volunteers. We circulated a number of call-outs for local community members to share their memories both of Jack Dupree and living in Ovenden. We had a fantastic response, with people sharing stories, images and memorabilia. Our oral historian conducted over twenty detailed interviews with participants both here and in Europe (via zoom) and we were granted access to film and personal memorabilia that gave our process a completely unique quality. In addition to this participants and students at Calderdale College were trained in oral history techniques and interviewed their own family members and neighbours to collect their memories and feelings of the town in the time of Champion Jack. These recordings and transcripts will be deposited with The West Yorkshire Archive Service in the long term. Creative oral history sessions were delivered with groups across Calderdale ranging from Light Up Black and African Heritage, St Augustines refugee & asylum seekers, Star Boxing Club youngsters and adults, Forest Community Centre in Ovenden and Calderdale College art and design and performing arts students. Our final sharings will be during Black History month in October 2024 when we will perform a play written using the stories we have collected. Our aim moving forward is to continue developing projects which reveal the heritage of working class communities through intergenerational community performance.
No consultation with stakeholders
The total remuneration received by directors was £8600.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
16 March 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Jude Wright
Status: Director