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Michael Rosen Books & Films with HistoryWorks to use for Refugee Week
June 3, 2023Michael Rosen's Books & Films to Inspire Work for Refugee Week Michael Rosen will be working with Helen Weinstein at HistoryWorks, writing new poems as 'Poet in Residence" at HistoryWorks for inspiring young people to perform dramas and dances, composing music and artworks, and writing ... » more
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Voices of Hope & Compassion
June 2, 2023Voices of Hope & Compassion - led by Michael Rosen - 4pm on Sunday 30th June - an uplifting and moving event organized by HistoryWorks - on behalf of Cambridge City Council and partnering with Cambridge Schools. The Concert: Michael Rosen will perform poetry especially ... » more
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Michael Rosen Wins PEN Pinter Prize
June 1, 2023Michael Rosen, Poet in Residence at HistoryWorks in Cambridge, Wins the PEN Pinter Prize for 'fearless writing' in an award ceremony at the British Library. Helen Weinstein, Director of HistoryWorks, was given the privielege and honour of introducing Michael at the prize giving to the ... » more
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HISTORY WALKS & EXHIBITIONS
May 14, 2023LOCAL HISTORY TALKS & EXHIBITIONS 2023/2024 - ALL WELCOME! HELEN WEINSTEIN & THE BLUE PLAQUE PROJECT WILL BE TEAMING UP WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR A SERIES OF EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025. LOOK DOWN THE PAGES TO FIND SPECIFIC DATES ... » more
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Jan. 3, 2023For commemorating genocides and marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 in Cambridge, there will be a series of educational events for schools and colleges working in partnership with Michael Rosen, our 'poet in residence' at HistoryWorks. Here are some resources you may find useful and inspiring ... » more
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History Talk for Industrial Archaeology Society at Cambridge Museum of Technology
Sept. 1, 2022Helen Weinstein, Director of HistoryWorks in her role as Community Historian for IronWorks, will give a talk to the Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Society at Cambridge Museum of Technology Title: The Story of the Headly Foundry & Engineering Works Time and date: 7.30pm on Monday 14th ... » more
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History Tour for Community around Ironworks
Sept. 1, 2022Helen Weinstein, Director of HistoryWorks in her role as Community Historian for IronWorks, will lead a history walking tour of the area known in the Victorian era as 'Sturton Town' located in CB1 Cambridge. Time and date: 2pm Sunday 16th October 2022 Location and meeting point: ... » more
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Voices of Hope & Healing
June 15, 2022HistoryWorks and Michael Rosen present ‘Voices of Hope and Healing’ which will be a moving fundraiser event to mark Refugee Week and Holocaust Memorial. It is a Poetry and Song Concert on Sunday June 26th in Cambridge which is free and unticketed and ALL ... » more
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Michael Rosen New Poems & Poetry Evening with Michael on Wednesday 26th January 2022
Jan. 10, 2022Michael Rosen is 'Poet in Resident' for HistoryWorks and for 2022 working closely with Helen Weinstein who has commissioned new poems to inspire engagement with the HMD theme of 'One Day' and for marking Refugee Week on the theme of 'healing'. Between January and June ... » more
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Marking Holocaust Memorial Day 27th January 2022
Jan. 4, 2022On Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 we mark 77 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and mark also subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. For our Cambridge Civic event our Cambridge Guildhall will be lit up in purple, and Cllrs will mark the event ... » more
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Holocaust Resources
Jan. 2, 2022On these pages you'll find a range of resources - made by HistoryWorks - free to use by individuals, families, schools - plus recommendations of educational materials produced by Genocide educators and partners. We've worked in Cambridge most closely with KS2 and KS3 years in ... » more
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Refugee Fundraising
Oct. 21, 2021Refugee Fundraisers. Helen Weinstein, Director of HistoryWorks, is fundraising for the Refugee Hardship Fund in Cambridge and encouraging others to do so too! First events will be a Street Party fundraiser over the weekend of Saturday 30th/Sunday 31st October, followed by a Mill ... » more
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Posh Blue Plaques
July 4, 2021INVITE TO ORDER YOUR BLUE PLAQUE TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY PROJECT A group of residents have donated hundreds of hours of time to research the house histories for every property on Ainsworth Street and Hooper Street led by Helen at HistoryWorks. Also many residents have ... » more
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Edible England Festival
July 1, 2021HistoryWorks has been supporting pocket parks in Cambridge for over a decade. The most local are wildflower areas which are adjacent and opposite our HistoryWorks shop & studio in Sturton Town. This year we are going up a notch with HistoryWorks organizing for our neighbourhood ... » more
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Blue Plaque Exhibitions
March 1, 2021Helen Weinstein is producing a blue plaque exhibition in partnership with Residents and Businesses to display he census information from 1891 in their windows of Victorian homes and former shops and brewhouses on Ainsworth, Hooper, Kingston, Sturton and Sleaford Streets, telling the stories of working ... » more
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How To Guide for History in the Archives
Feb. 22, 2021Sunday 28th March, 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm. Free tickets for Online Zoom illustrated talk by Helen Weinstein, Public Historian and Director of HistoryWorks. BookYour Free Place for Zoom Talk via Eventbrite: https://historyworksatcambridgefestival.eventbrite.co.uk In this illustrated talk Helen Weinstein, Public Historian & Director of HistoryWorks, will be introducing a wide range of local history ... » more
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Holocaust Commemoration Talks
Jan. 14, 2021We would like to invite you to participate in marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. All activities and events in Cambridge will be online and there are a variety of ways in which you can join in. Please find details HERE about ways to participate by joining ... » more
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HMD 2021 Be the Light in the Darkness
Jan. 12, 2021Cambridge Marking of Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 27th January 2021 and 31st January 2021 On Holocaust Memorial Day itself, Wednesday 27th January, we will be marking the day in 4 ways across the city, culminating in an illuminating talk by the author and broadcaster, Michael ... » more
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Participate in HMD
Jan. 10, 2021Please join in our online events by contributing to the community commemoration. You can help in many ways, and we invite you to participate! 1. Light a candle and take a photograph for the civic event. Send us your photo so we can make ... » more
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Holocaust Education & Resources
Jan. 7, 2021This year for Holocaust Education in Schools we are making and sharing a range of resources to support teachers and school students, both those learning in the classroom and those at home. We understand that it is a very varied experience with some school pupils ... » more
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Museum of Cambridge Exhibition called 'FORGE'
Nov. 23, 2020The Museum of Cambridge is hosting a new exhibition in collaboration with Artist in Residence at IronWorks, Hilary Cox-Condron and Helen Weinstein, as community historian. It is important that the Museum of Cambridge's amazing social history is foregrounded in their Victorian artefacts connecting those who ... » more
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Forge: Shape in History
Nov. 21, 2020The Museum of Cambridge is hosting a new exhibition in collaboration with Artist in Residence at IronWorks, Hilary Cox-Condron and Helen Weinstein, as community historian. It is important that the Museum of Cambridge's amazing social history is foregrounded in their Victorian artefacts connecting those who ... » more
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Forge: Bond in Community
Nov. 15, 2020The theme of 'Bond in Community' is central to the Museum of Cambridge Exhibition, co-curated by Artist in Residence, Hilary Cox Condron and Community Historian, Helen Weinstein exploring the ways in which there may be shared rituals and activities, friendship and support networks, ties that ... » more
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Forge: Transform in Activism
Nov. 4, 2020The Museum of Cambridge is hosting a new exhibition in collaboration with Artist in Residence at IronWorks, Hilary Cox-Condron and Helen Weinstein, as community historian. It is important that the Museum of Cambridge's amazing social history is foregrounded in their Victorian artefacts connecting those who ... » more
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Cambridge WW2 Commemoration
Sept. 21, 2020Between May and November 2020, we've been marking 75 years since the end of World War Two with VE Day Commemorations. HistoryWorks has produced a short film to share because due to the Covid restrictions all talks & history tours have had to be ... » more
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Victorian Cambridge & the Building of Sturton Town
Sept. 21, 2020Film produced by HistoryWorks called ‘Sturton Town in Victorian Times’ Helen Weinstein has been researching the story of the area known as 'Sturton Town' and has recently made a film for sharing at the 'Open Cambridge Online Festival'. The film shows how an entire community ... » more
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WellBeing, Walks, Fitness, Meditation, Yoga, Pilates, Volunteering, Charity Donations
April 10, 2020Breathing, BirdSong, Walks, Fitness, Volunteering, Donating Locally During Covid19 On this page and sub-pages you can find some recommendations for a mix of activities to help with wellbeing and fitness, such as sounds of nature to explore, history trails around Cambridge to follow, links to ... » more
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Cultural Activities to Nourish During Covid Lockdown
April 10, 2020CULTURAL NOURISHMENT IN COVID LOCKDOWN is very important both for adults and children. On our pages at Historyworks we are making some suggestions with links, which elders have asked for, but we'll soon also post up some top tips for children and families too. Do ... » more
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Michael Rosen's Workshop for Teaching Professionals - The Pleasure of Reading & Writing is postponed due to Covid19
Feb. 19, 2020Date: Monday 29th June 2020 workshop is postponed due to the Covid19 pandemic. We will keep the info online here as we hope to postpone to the same timings and venue to a date in the Autumn of 2020 tbc. Time: 4pm (ends 6pm) Venue: Trumpington Community College, ... » more
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HMD fundraising
Feb. 18, 2020‘STAND TOGETHER’ FUNDRAISER CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL STUDENT HELP RAISE £962.42 FOR LOCAL GOOD CAUSES AT CIVIC HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL PRORGRAMME OF EVENTS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY Dancers and Drama and Music students have been performing physical theatre and dances and songs illustrating stories by Michael Rosen’s ... » more
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HMD 2020 Stand Together
Nov. 28, 2019Date: Sunday 26th January 3pm to 4.30pm Place: Corn Exchange, 2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB Helen Weinstein is the Artistic Director commissioned by Cambridge City Council for the marking of Holocaust Memorial Day in Cambridge with an ambitous education programme for schools to engage ... » more
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Surviving the Holocaust
Nov. 27, 2019Eva Clarke talks at 6.30pm on Wednesday 29th January, at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB23 8AQ. 6.30pm to 7.30pm followed by Q&A until 8.00pm on Wednesday 29th January 2020 Free. All Welcome. Hosted by Dr Gilly ... » more
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NIght & Fog Screening
Nov. 26, 2019Night and Fog - Free Screening Event on Wednesday 12th February at 5.30pm - Famous Film from 1955 using footage from Nazi camps: Screening plus introductory talk re sensitivities of evidence and followed by Q& A Speaker: Dr Toby Haggith, Imperial War Museum Senior Curator Hosts: Event ... » more
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Chisholm Trail Mural
Nov. 25, 2019Celebrating the Opening of the Chisholm Trail Mural in Abbey Everyone in Cambridge is invited to celebrate with us for the opening event of the Chisholm Trail Mural on Newmarket Road running alongside the Leper Chapel side and Barnwell Lake side of the Road. Artistic ... » more
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Stourbridge Fair
Aug. 15, 2019Stourbridge Fair in Cambridge on 7th Sept 12-4.30pm - history tours & free activities - all welcome! Please do come along and join in a public history event when Historyworks will be participating to provide history trails, craft activities, and engagement with the Chisholm Trail ... » more
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Big Wednesday with ChYpPS
Aug. 11, 2019Historyworks will be participating at the next BIG WEDNESDAY on August 14th 2019 from 1pm to 4pm. It will be a FREE event for all ages, with lots of family friendly crafting and sporting activities, including facepainting, and circus skills, and bubble machines, and pop ... » more
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Leper Chapel Open Days
Aug. 4, 2019The Leper Chapel is opening with the help of volunteers and support from Historyworks on several occasions this spring and summer 2019, so that more members of the public can view this unique building, and get involved with our artworks and heritage activities which Historyworks ... » more
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Chisholm Trail Murals
July 15, 2019Helen Weinstein, as Artistic Director for the Chisholm Trail Phase One has engaged the local community at public events for story-telling and inspiring artworks - both illustrations and poetry - for a signage and mural project. Signs will be researched by Helen Weinstein to engage ... » more
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ArcSoc 2019
July 5, 2019ArcSoc Pavilion is the Unversity of Cambridge Architecture Society's live-build project team which designs and produces an annual build for community events and public spaces. The ArcSoc Summer Show features a partnership project with Historyworks in 2019. . To find out more about the ... » more
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Geocaching Treasure Trail
June 16, 2019History Works and Cambridge Sustainable Food are launching the Veg Fest Challenge with our historical and food related Geocaching trail this week, with special treats in store if you get active using our special treasure trail between 13th and 20 July, where we suggest you ... » more
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Abbey Youth Group ArtWorks
June 6, 2019HistoryWorks has had some fantastic art sessions with the talented and engaged young people at Abbey Youth Group. We've been co-creating the artworks and lettering for the Chisholm Trail noticeboards. The themes were chosen from everyday experiences of travelling around Cambridge with pictures of cycles ... » more
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Chisholm Tales at Big Lunch
June 2, 2019Everyone living around Abbey Ward was invited to the Big Lunch on Sunday 9th June from 12 noon to 4pm and this event featured our Arts team from HistoryWorks with our new community board saying 'Cambridge Chisholm Trail Tales' with our pitch of an Arts ... » more
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Chisholm Trail Tales Launch
May 8, 2019Historyworks is delighted that on Tuesday 14th May we will launch our new place-making project called 'Cambridge Chisholm Trail Tales' which will research the histories from the past, present, and future of the area covered by the new cycling and pedestrian route to inspire Art ... » more
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Abbey Environment Day
April 13, 2019Littler picking, crafts, stories and mapping with Abbey People and Historyworks were all part of Abbey Environment Day at Coldham's Common on Saturday 13th April. Helen and Hilary were on hand to deliver the activities and introduce the Chisholm Tales project, the geocaches trails, bug ... » more
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Abbey Community Networking Lunch
April 5, 2019Helen and Hilary both attended the Abbey Community Networking lunch, on Friday the 5th of April, to share information about the Chisholm Tales project and develop relationships for possible collaborative working. It was really important to Historyworks that we invite in community organizations to team ... » more
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‘Kick It Out’ Match Day – 30th March 2019
March 30, 2019Date: Saturday 30th MarchTime: 3pm Cambridge United vs Colchester UnitedVenue: The Abbey Stadium, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8LNTickets: https://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/tickets/ticketinfo/home-tickets/ Ben Szreter, CEO of CUCT explains: Cambridge United Community Trust are proud to support Kick It Out, a charity which campaigns for the end of any discrimination in our beautiful ... » more
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Tea and Talk with Eric Murangwa - “How being a footballer saved me from death”
March 26, 2019Date: Tuesday 26th MarchTime: 5.30pm onwards Refreshments, 6pm to 7pm talk, 7pm to 7.30pm Q&A Venue: The Abbey Stadium, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8LNTickets: This event is free. Reserve tickets on eventbrite https://footballsavedmylife.eventbrite.co.ukHosted by: Ben Szreter, CEO, Cambridge United Community Trust An illustrated talk by Eric Murangwa, MBE, survivor of the Genocide ... » more
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Street Child United in Cambridge
March 19, 2019Invitation to Parker’s Piece for Street Child Cricket World Cup, Music and Arts Event for FREE this weekend, Saturday 4th May & Sunday 5th May 2019 Our HistoryWorks singing event with Michael Rosen and the primary and secondary school Cambridge choirs raised money for Street Child ... » more
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Poetry and Song Concert: ‘Yours Truly, Michael Rosen’ - Monday 11th March 2019
March 11, 2019On Monday 11th March we raised money for 3 charities related to Cambridge and the theme of 'Torn from Home' chosen for this year's Holocaust Memorial Day programme, of which our concert on 11th March was part of our programme of education work in Cambridge, ... » more
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‘Hotel Rwanda’ Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Feb. 26, 2019Date: Tuesday 26th FebruaryTime: 6pm screening followed by Q&AVenue: The Lecture Theatre, St John’s College Old Divinity School, All Saints Passage, CB2 1TPTickets: This is a free and an unticketed event. All Welcome! Host: The Dean and Chaplain of St John’s College, Cambridge2019 marks 25 years since the 1994 Genocide against ... » more
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Tea and Talk with Eva Clarke - One Family’s Story of the Holocaust
Feb. 11, 2019Date: Monday 11th FebruaryTime: 5.30pm Refreshments & 6pm to 7pm talk followed by Q&AVenue: MichaelHouse, Trinity Street, Tickets: This is a free event. All Welcome!Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-faiths-partnership-speaker-eva-clarke-tickets- Eva Clarke will tell her story of survival and why it means so much to her to tell her family’s story and to be involved ... » more
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Cambridge's Holocaust Memorial Day Programme
Jan. 27, 2019Historyworks is designing the programme and managing Cambridge's Holocaust Memorial Day Civic Ceremony and a programme of satellite events which include screenings, panel discussions, poetry and music. This programme will be delivered on behalf of Cambridge City Council for 2018-2022. We very much welcome old ... » more
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Michael Rosen's Workshop for Teaching Professionals - Wednesday 16th January
Jan. 16, 2019Date: Wednesday 16th January 2019 Time: 4pm Venue: Trumpington Community College, Lime Avenue (off Long Road), Cambridge CB2 9FD (6mins walk from Cambridge Guided busway Route A from central Cambridge Railway Station) FREE PARKING AVAILABLE Tickets: £10 Teaching & Education Professionals. or £1 (ADMISSION ONLY) Fee covers refreshments plus Michael Rosen's two NEW ... » more
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‘Torn From Home’ Workshops with Michael Rosen
Jan. 9, 2019This workshop devised by Historyworks in partnership with the poet Michael Rosen will offer participating young people and their teachers an introduction to the theme for marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2019, which is ‘Torn From Home’. They will hear Michael Rosen’s methodology of responding to ... » more
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Romsey 'R' Unveiling
Dec. 1, 2018This 'Unveiling of the Romsey R' public art project follows on from last year's public art project in Cambridge which Historyworks delivered between the Spring of 2016 to December 2017, when we invited choirs from local schools and community choirs to come together to perform ... » more
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“Singing Mill Road History” & Romsey R Unveiling Celebration Concert
Dec. 1, 2018Saturday 1st December at the Mill Road Winter Fair You are invited for a FREE participatory singalong rehearsal warm-up followed by a heartwarming concert where we showcase new and old pieces which are all be about the coming of the railways in 1845 with all ... » more
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Michael Rosen Workshop -History Beneath Our Feet November 2018
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 Theme Announced
Nov. 1, 2018Historyworks will be organizing the civic event for Cambridge to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January 2019 and providing an accompanying series of educational workshops in schools and events for the public. We are very pleased to know that 'Torn from Home' is the ... » more
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Party On the Piece
Sept. 2, 2018SUNDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 12 noon to 4.30pm Family-friendly gathering in Petersfield Join Historyworks and other community organizations and food trucks and our local band, for ‘Party on the Pieces’ at St Matthews Park located between York Street and Sturton Street in Petersfield. Organized by P.A.C.T. (Petersfield ... » more
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ChYpPS Activities ‘Playdaze and Big Wednesdays’
Aug. 15, 2018Cambridge City Council’s CHYPPS (Children and Young People’s Participatory Services) are offering their fab set of PLAYDAZE for free all summer 2018. You can go along for fishing lessons, forest fun, days out on the community playboat on the River Cam, and even sign-up for ... » more
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Castle Hill Open Day
July 21, 2018Saturday 21st July 12 noon to 5pm in the Castle Hill area of Cambridge Lots of history talks and walks, archaeology and hidden history to see! Come and explore one of the oldest and most vibrant areas of Cambridge as venues on Castle Hill open their ... » more
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Cambridge Faith Partnership Workshop on 20th June 2018
June 20, 2018A NEW INTERFAITH PARTNERSHIP GROUP Helen Weinstein spoke at the inaugural meeting of this especially convened interfaith group in Cambridge, which is open to all, a new Cambridge Faith Partnership facilitated by Ariadne Henry, as part of her role as Community Development Officer for Inclusion ... » more
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Active Abbey Adventures!
April 16, 2018There was a fantastic community event organized by a collaboration of Abbey People and Historyworks as we came together to mark 'Abbey People Care for Nature Day' on Saturday 21st April and we had a reprief from the rainy season with lovely sunshine for our ... » more
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Etty Hillesum Events at King's College - Thursday 29th March
March 29, 2018'IN CONVERSATION' TEA AND TALK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE ETTY HILLESUM RESEARCH CENTRE, WITH PROFESSOR HELEN WEINSTEIN, DEAN STEPHEN CHERRY, AND MUSICIAN JON BANKS 3.30pm for 4pm - 5pm Etty tea and talk 'in conversation' with Klaas Smelik, Director of the Etty Hillesum Research Centre in Middelburg. You ... » more
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Michael Rosen Events with Historyworks in Cambridge Spring 2018
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HMD 2018 Power of Words
Jan. 28, 2018Historyworks will be organizing the civic event for Cambridge to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 28th January 2018 and providing an accompanying series of educational workshops in schools and events for the public. Sunday 28th January 2018 The Cambridge GuildhallMarket Square, Cambridge,CB2 3QJ4.30 pm for ... » more
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Abbey Winter Festival 2017
Dec. 6, 2017Historyworks had a great time supporting the Abbey People Winter festival 2017 and lights switch on, by Mario Satchwell and Helen Weinstein coaching and leading the Abbey Meadows School Choir for the event. Helen Weinstein also suggested the theme for the lantern parade, based on ... » more
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Railway Singers Concert at Mill Road Winter Fair 2nd December
Dec. 2, 2017Railway Singers were joined by Sing! Community Choir and primary singers in walking distance of Mill Road, from St Matthew's School, Ridgefield School, St Philip's CofE and Abbey Meadows Primary Schools. Huge thanks to everyone who came to join us for the free participatory concert ... » more
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Rhythm and Railways Song and Movemnet Rehearsals with St Matthew's School Choir
Dec. 1, 2017Helen Weinstein and the Historyworks team have visited St Matthew's School Choir throughout the term teaching them Railway themed songs led by project MD Mario Satchwell and movemnet teacher Rebecca Powell. dfasg fjdhs dhsxh You can see a slideshow and album below or by clicking HERE ... » more
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Rhythm, Rhymes & Railways Celebration Assembly at Ridgefield School
Nov. 23, 2017Ridgefield Primary School have engaged fully in the 'Rhythm, Rhyme, & Railways' project and we celebrated all the work of the children and teachers by sharing poems and songs, including those about the Mill Road Railway workers and the Eagle Engine built by Headleys at ... » more
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Sunday Sessions for Community Singing
Nov. 19, 2017Historyworks invites YOU to join in our FREE community singing sessions for'The Railway Singers' when we have two Sunday afternoons in November when we will be offering FREE workshops for people to join us to learn the ... » more
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Singing & Movement Workshop with Sing Community Choir
Nov. 16, 2017Sing! Community Choir had a great rehearsal learning the dance movements to go with the 'new' song the choir are learning for the 'Rhythm, Rhyme and Railways' concert to mark the Mill Road Winter Fair 2017.... daagg efwfsfw Here s ... » more
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Horrible Histories Style Songwriting Workshop with Dave Cohen
Nov. 10, 2017Ridgefield had a jam-packed creative day with Historyworks on the theme of ‘Rhythm & Singing’ inspiring creative writing using ‘history beneath our feet’, collaborating with the famous songwriter, Dave Cohen, funded by our S106 Public Art funding for ‘Rhythm, Rhymes & Railways’. The day ... » more
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Mill Road Victorian History at St Philip's School
Nov. 7, 2017The team at Historyworks were delighted to be invited to St Philip's School for a workshop on the Victorian History of the Mill Road area. We warmed up to collaborating on a history theme and writing a song together, by learning about the railway history ... » more
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Power of Words Workshop with Michael Rosen
Nov. 6, 2017Historyworks is organizing a series of workshop with Michael Rosen to talk to young people in Cambridge Schools about how to navigate the past atrocities of the Holocaust and genocides, and also how to face up to your own difficulty of having absences in your ... » more
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Michael Rosen Workshop on Victorians for Rhythm, Rhymes & the Railways
Nov. 3, 2017Michael Rosen gets poetical about Cambridge for Cambridge City Council Public Art funded project called “Rhythm, Rhymes & the Railways” A Historyworks production delivering Singing History and Creative Workshop for 450 Cambridge School Children hosted at Coleridge Community College on Friday 3rd November 2017 “Rhythm, Rhymes & the Railways” ... » more
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Michael Rosen Workshop - HMD & History Beneath Our Feet at Abbey Meadows School
Oct. 30, 2017Abbey Meadows School was full of laughter and song when the pupils had a fantastic workshop of poetry, history, rhythm, movement and rhyme. It was organized by Helen Weinstein, Director of Historyworks supported by the team at HistoryWorks. The stars of the show were the ... » more
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Abbey Pumpkin Festival 2017
Oct. 25, 2017Historyworks joined up with community organizations for the Pumpkin Festival on Wednesday 25th October at the Barnwell Community Centre on Newmarket Road. Abbey People hosted the event in partnership with ChYpPS, Historyworks and Cambridge Sustainable Food for a celebration of all things Autumnal. We spent ... » more
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Railway Singers & 2 Movement Sessions in October
Oct. 12, 2017St Philip’s School Hall, 2 Vinery Way, CB1 3DRThurs 12th October: 7.30-9pm & Thursday 19th October 7.30-9pm The first of our 2 singing and movement sessions organized by Helen Weinstein and led by Musical Director, Mario Satchwell, and local Stagecoach Performing Arts Instructor, Rebecca Powell. ... » more
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Creative Railway Soundscape and Recording Session
Oct. 8, 2017Thank you to everyone who came along to our 'Creative Railway Soundscape and Recording Session' on sunday. The workshop saw a number of people of all ages comming together and being creative to be a party of an amazing sounscape led by Bethany Kirby. There ... » more
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Rhythm and Railways Singers Celebrate National Poetry Day!
Sept. 28, 2017Our second Railway Singers session was a success starting with a welcome from Helen Weinstein about the history, followed by some fantastic music direction by Mario Satchwell partnered by Tizzy Faller, with lots of laughter and a brief social in the middle and end for ... » more
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Historyworks Featured Article at My Cambridge Marketplace at The Fitzwilliam
Sept. 25, 2017Creating My Cambridge The practice & impact of using ‘history beneath your feet’ to inspire creative responses for primary aged children demonstrating cultural confidence- building and an increased sense of belonging for the participants and their families. Historyworks has designed a series of Public Art ... » more
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Rhythm & Railways Singers Taster and Social
Sept. 21, 2017Rhythm & Railway Singers Kick-Off Rehearsals for our railway singers got off to a flying start seeing around 50 people in attendance. There was a wide range of singers from different backgrounds coming together to sing songs about their community. We made a good start ... » more
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Sharing Geocaching at Wellbeing Event
Sept. 18, 2017On Monday 18th September, Historyworks were invited to share the learning from the 'Active Abbey Adventures' project with a variety of stakeholders who work with wellbeing agencies and community cohesion volunteering groups, including Abbey People. Helen Weinstein and Mario Satchwell were very pleased to present ... » more
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Rhythm, Rhymes & Railways
Sept. 1, 2017Historyworks is starting a new public art project in Cambridge which will run from the September 2017 to December 2017, and we'll invite a large number of singers from local schools and community choirs to come together to perform new pieces for voice and body percussion ... » more
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Big Wednesday On Coldham's Common
Aug. 4, 2017We had a fantastic time on Coldham's Common (in the area closest to the Abbey Pool by the BMX track) at the start of the summer holidays on Wednesday 2nd August for an afternoon of FREE ACTIVITIES to celebrate National Play Day when Historyworks teamed ... » more
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Celebrating Creative Achievements of Local Primary Schools
July 11, 2017This Summer Term Year 5 children from local primary school have enjoyed celebrating their creative achievements as part of the Historyworks Local History Trails project, following their exciting Creative Writing workshop with Michael Rosen. They have developed and shared their final pieces of poetry, song ... » more
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Artsmark Celebration in Cambridge
June 27, 201727th June Artsmark Celebration in Cambridge Helen Weinstein was appointed by Arts Council England as the Producer for the ArtsMark Celebration event which was held for the first time in the region, organized by Festival Bridge in partnership with Cambridge City Council’s Arts team and part ... » more
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Creative Writing Day With Michael Rosen On 9th June
June 9, 2017Cambridge was full of laughter and song when 400 primary children from local Primary Schools had a fantastic workshop of poetry, history, rhythm, and rhyme. It was organized by Helen Weinstein, Director of Historyworks supported by the team at HistoryWorks. The stars of the show ... » more
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Half Term 'Active Abbey Adventures' Fun Day on 30th May!
May 30, 2017On Tuesday 30th May HistoryWorks had a great afternoon of fun in the glorious sunshine alongside ChYpPS, Abbey People and other play partners, with a whole afternoon of "Active Abbey Adventures" including sports and making activities - kicking off with a free lunch and badge ... » more
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Abbey Environment Day & Launch of "Active Abbey Adventures" with intro to geocache, nature walk, litter-pick & craft activities
April 8, 2017On Saturday 8th April, in the middle of the Easter holidays, Historyworks had a fantastic time at Barnwell Library and other points in Abbey ward when launching their new Geocache trail and accompanying map leaflet funded by a Cambridge City Council Walking and Promotion grant. ... » more
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Explore and Soar
March 19, 2017Sunday 19th March 3:00pm - 4:30pm HistoryWorks is leading activities at the Cambridge Museum of Technology, Education Room, The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Lane 01223 398650, CB5 8LD As part of the Science Festival Historyworks ran an exciting workshop, exploring forces and programming alongside Jonny ... » more
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Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around!
March 19, 2017Geocache adventure and Bluetooth beacon puzzle challenge organised by Historyworks in partnership with the Cambridge Museum of Technology, The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Lane 01223 398650, CB5 8LD Sunday 19th March 2:00pm - 5:00pm As part of the Science Festival Historyworks organised a puzzle trail ... » more
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Sing For Your School
March 2, 2017On Thursday 2nd March Cambridgeshire Music will be hosting their 'Sing for Your School' Celebration Event at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, where all 8 prize-winners from the Sing for Your School competition will be invited, to come together in a celebration of lyric writing, ... » more
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Abbey Lantern Festival & Singing & Feasting on 7th Dec - All Welcome!
Dec. 7, 2016Come Join in the Festive Fun at Abbey Lantern Festival on Wednesday 7th December ABBEY MEADOWS CHOIR SINGING AT 5.30PM NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR THE XMAS LIGHTS, BY THE SPAR AT THE PRECINCT ON BARNWELL ROAD Most important thing is that the Abbey Meadows School Choir accompanied ... » more
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Singing at Mill Road Winter Fair on Saturday 3rd December
Nov. 30, 2016Please come along to support community choirs who have joined us at Historyworks for our previous project called 'Cycle of Songs' and beyond! There is tons on all day, with food and festive fun which you can see at www.millroadwinter.fair.org. So here is the schedule ... » more
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Pumpkin Festival at Margaret Wright Community Orchard
Oct. 26, 2016Historyworks joined up with community organizations for the Pumpkin Festival on Wednesday 26th October at the Margaret Wright Community Orchard, off Whitehill Road. Abbey People hosted the event in partnership with ChYpPS, Historyworks and Cambridge Sustainable Food for a celebration of all things Autumnal. We ... » more
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Cambridge Junction Stobbs Cup Challenge
Sept. 29, 2016REPORT BLOG FOR CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION STOBBS CHALLENGE EVENT ORGANIZED AND DELIVERED BY HELEN WEINSTEIN, DIRECTOR OF HISTORYWORKS ON 29.10.16 Cambridge Junction commissioned Historyworks to present an Arts event to promote creativity and team building for the staff of 50 for a unique Cambridge company dealing ... » more
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Historyworks Director gives keynote at My Cambridge at the Cambridge Junction
Sept. 12, 2016Helen Weinstein, Creative Director Historyworks was delighted to be invited to give a keynote presentation and for the Historyworks team to network at the inaugural "My Cambridge" Marketplace, which took place at the Cambridge Junction on the evening of Monday 12th September and provided a fantastic ... » more
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BEACON HISTORY TRAIL LAUNCH AT CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY ON RIVERSIDE
Sept. 11, 2016Ever wondered what is behind the railings on Riverside with the impressive brick edifice to Victorian sewage and sanitation beneath the imposing Victorian chimney by the River Cam? Well, now Historyworks has made two sets of Bluetooth beacons so that you can tour around the ... » more
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BIG WEDNESDAY on COLDHAM’S COMMON
Aug. 3, 2016To celebrate National Play Day Historyworks collaborated with ChYpPS and lots of wonderful partners including Abbey People and Cambridge University Museums. The event was devised by Helen Weinstein inspired by the children's idea for a 'take over' and therefore provided an opportunity for the children ... » more
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MAKING MUSIC AND MAGICAL MACHINES
Aug. 1, 2016On Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd August Historyworks hosted two afternoons of ‘Making Music and Magical workshops’ which were offered for free to anyone in our catchment of primary schools and hosted in the Community Wing at Abbey Meadows School. The workshops were devised by ... » more
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HISTORYWORKS PARTICIPATE IN BIG WEEKEND ON PARKER'S PIECE
July 9, 2016On Saturday 9th July, a team from Historyworks headed off for the Big Weekend, to provide a ‘pop up’ activity as part of the ‘Make and Create’ tent on Parker’s Piece. Cambridge University Museums coordinated the tent and the activities along the theme of COMMUNICATION, ... » more
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CREATING MY CAMBRIDGE: Creative Writing Workshop with Michael Rosen & Historyworks
July 6, 2016Helen Weinstein has been collaborating with several primary schools and commissioning the Historyworks team of artists and musicians to provide creative workshops as part of the S106 public art funded project, and Helen herself has led history field trips encouraging children, their teachers and families ... » more
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Big Lunch on Sunday 12th June - Community Gathering with Singing and Kite Making!
June 12, 2016Historyworks took part in the Abbey People Big Lunch Event on Dudley Rec on Sunday 12th June with a pop up Historyworks stand and led a performance of local history songs with local primary school children in the Performance Marquee. Local Primary School children ... » more
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Creative Workshop With Michael Rosen at Abbey Meadows School
March 16, 2016On 16th March we had the pleasure of inviting Michael Rosen back for a creative workshop incorporating poetry, singing and body percussion at Abbey Meadows School. Year 5 and Year 6 children from local primary schools were invited by Helen Weinstein to this special event ... » more
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SINGING HISTORY CONCERT: THE SOUNDS OF STEAM
Feb. 22, 2016Building on last year’s successful Singing History Concert, Helen Weinstein applied for funding this year to fit with a history of science focus, devising events and activities for young people around the theme of STEAM, covering Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths. Thus Historyworks curated the “Singing ... » more
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Family FunDay: Creative & Doing Activities
Feb. 21, 2016On Sunday 21st February hundreds of children, families and individuals joined us at the Museum of Technology for a taster day of creative thinking and doing activities for children and adults alike. The family fun day took inspiration from the past, present and future of ... » more
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WALKING THE REALLY HORRIBLE HIDDEN HISTORY OF RIVERSIDE AND ABBEY AND RIVERSIDE WITH HELEN AND ALLAN
Feb. 20, 2016On Sunday 21st February 2016 a community walk was organised by Historyworks in collaboration with our partners at Cambridge Museum of Technology, with the aim of inviting residents to learn the history of the area and to end to go on a circular walk from the ... » more
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HISTORY STAND UP AT THE PORTLAND ARMS
Feb. 20, 2016Monday 20th February 2017 Doors at 7pm for a 7.30pm kick off. The venue is Portland Arms, Chesterton Road History ShowOff: Stand-Up Comedy Night Performed by Historians and Archaeologists, Researchers, Curators, Archivists at The Portland Arms, Chesterton Road, CB4 3BA Venue: Music Venue Room, The ... » more
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‘Twilight at the Museums: Sounds of Steam’ at Cambridge Museum of Technology CB5 8LD
Feb. 19, 2016Historyworks partnered with Cambridge Museum of Technology to host an exciting new event on Wednesday 17th February, as part of the National “Twilight at the Musuems” initiative, which invites the public to explore museum spaces during the evening. Members of the public had the opportunity ... » more
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PREPARING FOR TWILIGHT AT THE MUSEUMS
Feb. 4, 2016http://audioboom.com/posts/4188122-the-boiler-room-sound-installation-boiler-number4?t=0 http://audioboom.com/posts/4187598-destructor-flue-sound-installation-foundsounds https://audioboom.com/posts/4187568-ash-tunnel-sound-installation-bristles-on-a-toothbrush (please use photo showing Jon Calver with fluffy at CMT, a couple of abstract photos of where we placed the speakers in the boiler number 4 and the ash tunnel, and then add two/three audiobooms that go with ... » more
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RECORDING & PRODUCING SOUNDS OF STEAM
Feb. 3, 2016http://audioboom.com/posts/4774879-drinking-water-song http://audioboom.com/posts/4774814-river-dirty-round » more
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FIELDTRIPS FOR SOUNDS OF STEAM
Feb. 2, 2016( 4 or 5 pics of children at CMT – with picture of children exploring, one of them meeting Mr Top Hat, one or two of them doing drama with Kay Blayney, 2 or 3 of them making the balloon powered wagons and ... » more
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REHEARSING CHOIRS & SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES FOR SOUNDS OF STEAM
Feb. 1, 2016http://audioboom.com/posts/4774889-darwin-s-theory-of-evolution http://audioboom.com/posts/4774881-oh-my-darling-eglantyne http://audioboom.com/posts/4039318-jerusalem-and-did-those-wees » more
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Improv singing workshop 'Sounds of STEAM'
Jan. 27, 2016On the evening of Wednesday 27th January we invited singers from a number of Cambridge choirs and from the local area to join us for a free workshop at St. Philip’s Church on Mill Road, led by Mario Satchwell and Tizzy Faller, to explore the ... » more
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COMMISSIONING NEW SONGS FOR SOUNDS OF STEAM
Jan. 1, 2016http://audioboom.com/posts/4805927-sea-horses-round http://audioboom.com/posts/4805344-to-the-wash-round » more
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Abbey Lantern Parade 2015
Dec. 16, 2015Created with flickr slideshow. » more
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Clicking to Connectivity
Oct. 29, 2015Clicking to Connectivity was a fantastic techie and arts event held on Thursday, 29th October as part of the University of Cambridge’s Festival of Ideas. Our partners at Great St Mary's Church on the Market Square very kindly hosted the event for us, with FREE ... » more
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RECORDING & PRODUCING CLICKING TO CONNECTIVITY
Sept. 3, 2015intro blurb 1. select 6 photos of children holding up their work (mix of pics infront of green screen) 2. select 6 photos showing Jon coaching them in recording process and on green screen recording the bus video http://vimeo.com/144268647 http://vimeo.com/143508938 http://vimeo.com/143275373 » more
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FIELDTRIPS FOR CLICKING TO CONNECTIVITY
Sept. 2, 2015intro blurb 1. select 6 photos of CMT with our Abbey Meadows early trips (eg whole class waiving in front of the tipping bay) and Ian's pics we've received from a few trips 2. select 6 photos of GSM trips with our Abbey Meadows Year ... » more
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RAPPER WORKSHOPS FOR CLICKING TO CONNECTIVITY
Sept. 1, 2015intro blurb http://vimeo.com/138242498 » more
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Singing History Concert – Celebrating Cambridge Past & Present at West Road Concert Hall
March 8, 2015As part of the Cambridge History Festival, Historyworks partnered with CaMEO (Cambridge Music Education Outreach at the Faculty of Music) to present the Creating My Cambridge: Singing History Concert, featuring local primary school children's creative work. As part of the Cambridge History Festival, Historyworks partnered with ... » more
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‘Creating My Cambridge & Singing History with Thomas Hobson
Feb. 28, 2015As part of the inaugural Cambridge History Festival, Historyworks hosted an event on Saturday 28th February, at the Museum of Cambridge (formerly the Folk Museum) to explore the history of famous Cambridge Tudor, Thomas Hobson. Historian Helen Weinstein shared local history stories about Thomas ... » more
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Hobson's Choice: Life in a Cambridge Pub
Feb. 28, 2015Saturday 28th February 1.00pm -5.00pm Museum of Cambridge, 2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ,Free with Admission Reenactment at the Inn In conversation with Professor Helen Weinstein - meet Thomas Hobson the colourful Cambridge Inn-keeper - and experience Elizabethan life with Matthew and Gill of HistoryNeedsYou.com ... » more
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Keeping Clean: The Surprising History of Everyday Hygiene
Feb. 25, 2015Wednesday 25th February 7.30pm – 9.00pm Talk & Book-Signing Heffers Book Shop, 20 Trinity Street, City Centre, Cambridge CB2 1TY Greg Jenner in Conversation with Professor Helen Weinstein In celebration of Thomas Hobson’s Conduit, that brought fresh water to Cambridge, join Greg Jenner – ... » more
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Michael Rosen Live at the Fitz!
Nov. 5, 2014Michael Rosen kindly composed a new poem called "The Listening Lions" recently commissioned by Historyworks to tell the story about the stone lions which recline above the steps of The Fitzwilliam Museum. » more
