The Edge Hill Station Archive
Culturepool
What?
The Edge Hill Station Archive
When?
Sat, November 19, 2011 @ 1pm
Where?
Metal, Edge Hill Train Station, The Building on Platform 1, Tunnel Road, Liverpool, L7 6ND (map)
Who?
Edge Hill history and residents
How?
FREE. Email or call us to reserve your place. Details below.
Metal, the arts organisation behind the regeneration of Edge Hill Station the world’s oldest passenger railway station, have announced a brand new permanent exhibition ‘The Edge Hill Archive’ which will be a ‘living’ documentation of the station’s monumental past.
Edge Hill Station is of significant importance to the local community, Liverpool and the UK. An historic landmark, where Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ first left for Manchester, Edge Hill possesses a proud history of technological innovation and aspiration. Following over three years of collecting hundreds of interesting stories, memories and insights about the station as well as objects, photographs and memorabilia, METAL and a dedicated group of volunteers called Future Station, the history of Edge Hill Station can now be shared online (http://www.edgehillstation.co.uk) across the world and the exciting digital exhibition at the station can now be enjoyed.
The archive has been split up into ten different categories including shops and shopping, social life, war, change and communities and will feature spoken memories which will be played into the space in addition to physical records.
In addition to collecting memories and memorabilia, Metal has commissioned writer Kenn Taylor, whose Father and other family members were railway workers in the area, to write a history of the Station, which will shortly be launched as a book as part of the archive project. The organisation has also commissioned artist in residence and 2010 Liverpool Art Prize People’s Choice Winner James Quin to create a number of new pieces under the banner of ‘Point of Departure.’
Come and join culturepool, enjoy a cup of tea, coffee and a cake while looking round the building and exhibits. The event is FREE but to help with stocking up the kitchen could you please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 0151 236 0796 to let us know you’re coming.
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