Shared Histories
Cultural and historical accounts told by senior adults whose ages span 70 yrs to 99 yrs. Topics cover the Workhouse, The Titanic, King Jerry king of the MODs and Motown DJ, 1966 World cup journalism, Dresden survival and pre GDPR society where one child, now 90, received the wrong age and surname from his orphanage and ended joining the forces at 15. Shared Histories aims to address stereotypical ideas that can be held about older people. When thinking of a senior care home or passing a senior after listening to this podcast, we hope that instead of asking google - you will speak to someone who was actually there.
Shared Histories
Shared Histories - Identity, Social Policies and Childhoods.
In Episode two, our podcasters talk of their different social housing as children and their lives through sensory memories that are carried in mind images. These are the stories that need to be told to keep history alive. They speak eloquently and with a true feeling for the times that constrained or supported their development. Wendy describes living on her grandparents farm in Nelson, Wales and each detail brings her memories to life in pictures that are in her mind and conveyed to ours on a string of lights. Ellen takes us back to the night of 14th February 1945 when her home in Dresden was bombed by Allied Forces in WW2. Her words take us by the mental hand of destroyed streets and confusion that filled her days. When listening to Ken, we are reminded of the preciousness of our identities and the reliance we put into believing that they are solid and fixed elements that form our identities.
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