Craven dialect brought back to life

• LocationYorkshire, Skipton
• Type
• Salary
• Artformcombined arts, interdisciplinary arts, libraries, literature, museums
• ContactCharles Tyrer admin@settlestories.org.uk

Description

Arts and Heritage charity Settle Stories has been awarded £49,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This investment will enable an exciting project, Tom Twisleton 100, to run throughout 2017.The project will focus on the history and stories of Craven dialect poet, farmer and Temperance advocate Tom Twisleton in the centenary year of his death.

The project in collaboration with the Museum of North Craven Life will be led by young people across Craven. With direction from Settle Stories these young people will look at the stories contained in his poems and explore social issues of both local and national significance from the time of Tom Twisleton between 1845 - 1917. These poems were written in Craven dialect over one hundred years ago. This dialect is now dying out with only around 150 speakers of the dialect, most of whom are very elderly.  

The project will see Twisleton’s work brought back to life through multiple mediums. These will include new recordings of his work, available as podcasts, a family publication that will include some of the original poems and stories, images and new poems in Craven dialect by young people.  The project will culminate in a celebration weekend in Settle.

Throughout the process, young people will gain new skills including curating exhibitions, oral history interviewing, documentary research event management and public speaking. Through Tom Twisleton 100 young people will have the chance to gain a nationally recognised qualification, the Arts Award accredited by London Trinity College.

Fiona Spiers, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund, Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “There’s a common misconception that young people aren’t interested in learning about the past, but in our experience, they are incredibly passionate and enthusiastic. We want young people to explore the heritage that matters to them, and share it with everyone.”

Full info on the project: http://ift.tt/2iky4sd

To take part contact Heritage Project Officer Hazel Richardson on hazel@settlestories.org.uk

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Craven dialect brought back to life