A little while ago I did a short interview with Lucie Kerley of the MACE Full Circle project. Covering the East and West Midlands regions, it looks to ’realise the potential of films and videos currently hidden away in attics and sheds in your community’ and make them accessible. I spoke to Lucie about how she felt community websites could [...]
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Content idea: Obituaries and Local Births, Deaths & Marriages
When Birmingham Irish Heritage Group committee member Charlie Leydon sadly died in February, chair Mike Walsh was keen for there to be a written tribute to him in two publications popular with group members – The Harp newspaper and the Digbeth is Good community website, which publishes monthly reports of the group’s events and notices. [...]
Content idea: local love stories
Most people love a good love story, and the readers of your community website are no exception. Are there any couples in your local community who have a particularly romantic tale to tell? Might they be willing to share their story with your website, as the man in the video above did with Karen Strunks [...]
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Some Useful Links 13/10/2010
old-maps.co.uk – Find pre and post Word War II maps, town plans and even Russian maps from the Cold War era for your area. (via BiNS) 4am project this Sunday 17th October: Digbeth walkaround – I’m trying to arrange a group walk through my area as part of the 4am Project ‘to gather a collection [...]
Content idea: publish local photos on your website
For some simple and effective content, try posting some photos of your local area on your website, these can either be taken by yourself, contributed to you or something you’ve found elsewhere online. Photos can be a local landscape, landmark or just something that really encapsulates local life, such as the above photo of Saturday [...]