Archiving Project
Time for a quick catch up on our Heritage Lottery Funded archiving project. We have had wonderful support and volunteers are champing at the bit to get started. However, in trying to make a viable space for people to work we have run into a bit of a road block.... |
| The cellar underneath the new archiving room-to-be. |
As you can see there is a huge pile of rubble still to shift, but we need to clear it in order to insulate the room above. This section was completely full - the doorway was completely blocked. As clearing has commenced we have found many artifacts, including complete glass negatives, old bottles and packaging. It look like it was used as the on site dump and we are being careful to sift through as we go.
Anyway, now that we know what we are up against we are creating a temporary space for volunteers to work in the office so we can get on with the actual archiving. Opening the workroom proper will have a to wait a little while but will definitely be a cause for balloons and a few bubbles when we achieve it!
 | ||
| Some of the waste glass that has been shifted below the new work room. It stands around a metre deep. |
 | ||
| Glass plate negatives, old chemical bottles, and packaging are being salvaged. |
 |
| The negatives we really want to start working on |
No comments:
Post a Comment