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Steel stories: The ‘dogsbody’
Steel Stories is a current project in which three photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots by students from...
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Trees. A fragment.
This is a story fragment on the subject of ‘trees’ from a recent workshop at a mental health day centre in Sheffield. Many thanks to the author for allowing us to share it here.
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More story fragments.
These are story fragments, focused on ‘trees’, from a recent Storying Sheffield workshop. The stories are written by 2nd year undergraduate students.
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Jeremy: Perceptions
Natalie and Leyla worked with Jeremy to create a film about his life.
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Grass
Many thanks to Chrissy for sharing this story. At the bottom of the post is some information about Chrissy. Throughout the winter, the grass had been quietly remembering the summer. It still felt...
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The Finished Product
Steel Stories is a current project in which three photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots by students from...
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Steel Sonnets
Steel Stories is a current project in which three photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots by students from...
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A visit to Cutlers’ Hall
Steel Stories is a current project in which three photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots by students from...
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This is Our City: Sheffield on film & Iain Sinclair
This is Our City: Sheffield on film, including a talk by Iain Sinclair. Mon, 12 May, 18:30 – 20:30 Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield. This is Our City showcases the work of some of...
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Barry Can’t Arf Weld
This film was made by Shaun Bloodworth for our ‘Steel Stories’ project. It presents the large scale forging of special steels at Firth Rixson in Sheffield, and focuses on the skills of the men...
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The King of the Mojo Club
This film was made by Amy Wells for the This Is Our City event in May 2014. The King Mojo Club (often known just as the Mojo) was a nightclub in Pitsmoor, Sheffield which was open between 1964 and...
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The Putter
This film was made by Shaun Bloodworth for our ‘Steel Stories’ project. Ernest Wright & Sons of Sheffield is the last remaining hand manufacturer of scissors. The film documents ‘Putter’ Cliff...
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A story from Sheffield and back
My name is Abi, and like many enthusiastic young things at 18 I was more than ready to spread my wings and leave my home town of Sheffield. My core had always been tied to the arts,...
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My Splendid Story
As part of John Lewis’s support for Barnardo’s, stores recently ran a storyboarding competition. Children aged 3 – 11 were invited to use their imagination and creativity to tell their own stories...
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Laurence Cox: ‘Going Out and Hating Myself’
Laurence suffered a brain injury in a motorbike accident when he was in his early twenties. He is a member of the The Write Way, a creative writing group for the survivors of coma and brain injury. His...
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Stories of Change in public services
This post is by Shirin Teifouri. Image by Gemma Thorpe Stories of Change is a new collaborative project between Sheffield First Partnership’s Better Connected Programme, the University of...
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Living with chronic illness: Exhibition of micro-stories
Living with Pulmonary Hypertension Here are some images from an exhibition of ‘micro-stories’ and artwork which explores the realities of life with a long term health condition. It took place in the...
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Melt Shop
It is a common belief that steel is no longer really made in South Yorkshire. The reality, though, is that more steel is made here than ever before, albeit in an industry that has evolved radically...
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Mike Jennings: “Now I know what chronic pain is, what it feels like to be...
Many thanks to Mike Jennings for sharing this story. Mike is Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield working in acute general and geriatric medicine. His...
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Blinkers
A row of small identical terraced houses on a slant, you could be anywhere in Sheffield. Inside the walls were blank above a clean cream coloured carpet, with two sofas facing a wooden coffee table at...
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