70 Years 70 Voices

Jan Zawadzki, our producers father, a Polish man who came to England to buy a boat and travel the world, he then ended up settling in Lancashire and talked to us about his experiences as a young foreign man in England 🇵🇱🇬🇧

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We featured in the Lancashire Telegraph yesterday, scroll through for some insight into the progression of this project, and some words from the artist 📰

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7️⃣0️⃣ interviews being cut up and mixed with ambient strings, across 8 speakers ready to be installed alongside the tapestry 👀

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Herbert Parkinson employees Teena and Abbie! These two are currently working on the tapestry backing 👀

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Volunteers Rosanna Tyler and Stanley Drinkwater from The Whitaker - Rossendale Museum and Art Gallery in Rawtenstall were recently interviewed for our time capsule by artist Elliott Flanagan 🎙

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This is Whistling Jim 🎵

Jim is from Bolton but now lives in Heysham, he used to be a fireman and says he tackled 7 fires a day sometimes in the cotton mills. 🧯

Jim later went on to own a pub, in this picture he’s wearing his fire helmet and holding his fire axe! 🪓

The bell I’m the next image was given to him when he left.

Known for his whistling, he once whistled on TV with Vic Reeves!

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Charlie the sea man! 🌊

A Morcambe Bay fisherman and member of the Merchant Navy. Charlie manned the fisherman’s lifeboat as a 28 year old coxswain, he also stayed for two hours and taught our producer some chart work and knots! 🪢

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This is Jeenie from Wigan, who currently lives in Heysam!

Jeenie presented some fantastic memorabilia, including this Christmas card she received from the Royal Family after she sent them one, and a great photograph of her Mum in a munitions factory 🏭

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Alan Seabridge and Dave Savage, recent interviews with the lifeboat shop volunteers in Morecambe! 🛟

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Interviewee Lenora showed us a program from the Coronation day in Heysham, and her Mum’s amazing mug collection! ☕️

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More from our recent visits at Herbert Parkinson! Investigating velvet, stitch and cloth weight 🧵

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What are your earliest memories of Lancashire❔

We are recording 70 people aged 70 and above for a soundtrack to the ‘Lancashire Tapestry’ as part of the Lord Lieutenants Platinum Jubilee celebrations 🎙

If you’d like to be involved, or have any friends and family who you think would like to add their memories to our time capsule, please get in touch.

Pop down to our studio on Lord Street West, Blackburn, or maybe we can come to you!

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The Blackburn Cathedral team recently came for a studio visit to plan the install, and a discuss a new edition especially for the cathedral fund raising committee. 🪙

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A look into our site visit last week at Herbert Parkinson, for a progress check on the finishing of the tapestry. 🏭

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Earlier this week we had Ken and Mark from The Cardboard Box Company in the studio, developing presentation solutions for our platinum sponsors
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We’re making new art work in Lancashire, 2022 for the Platinum Jubilee.

There are millions of images of the queen, and there has been some extraordinary artworks in the past including this portrait by Andy Warhol in 1977, for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee 🪙

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A few weeks ago, project commissioners Dennis Mendoros and Tony Attard visited the studio to discuss and review the progress of the artwork.

More to be revealed soon 👀

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Two of our recent interviewees were Colin, Morecambe Lifeboat's Station and Shop Manager, and Martin a Deputy Launch Authority for the same RNLI station.

The projects curator Alex Zawadzki is a volunteer crew member with Morecambe Lifeboat Station, and suggested we talk to Colin and Martin about their experiences through the decades 🛟

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70 Years, 70 Voices is an approach to recognising not just her 70 year reign, but the diverse people in our country who have lived through it. ⏱

Expect contemporary stories in traditional tapestries, orchestral scores and audio recordings including 70 people who are (around) 70 years old.

Branding: Chris Mason

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When did you come to Lancashire❔

We are recording 70 people aged 70 and above for a soundtrack to the ‘Lancashire Tapestry’ as part of the Lord Lieutenants Platinum Jubilee celebrations 🎙

If you’d like to be involved, or have any friends and family who you think would like to add their memories to our time capsule, please get in touch.

Pop down to our studio on Lord Street West, Blackburn, or maybe we can come to you!

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5 interviews done this week, here’s Alex interviewing a lovely gentleman named Eric who was a test pilot for the aviation industry and was in the Royal Air Force. Do you know anyone around 70 years of age, who either moved to Lancashire or grew up here? Give us a message, we’d love to hear their stories!
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Jamie Holman featured in the Live Ribble Valley Magazine, talking about the Royal Commission 👏

We've been collecting lots of archival photographs for our upcoming exhibition of the 4th of June. Here's a sneak peak of a screen print made from a photograph from the Talbot Archive, to test weaving potential.

Lovely photograph sent in from Pam Newton, who lived on West Park Road in Blackburn. This photograph is from the Silver Jubilee in 1977.

We are making tapestries to commemorate 70 years of the Queens reign and would like to include photographs from people in Lancashire, in the work. We would like to see your family photographs, days out, friends, events or just things that you think capture our Lancashire lives from the 1950's until today. We really want to tell this story through the voices and eyes of the people, so if you have anything you think we might like, please drop us a message and send us your wonderful memories to share.

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A beautiful photograph sent in from Ste Quinn, from around 1977.

We are making tapestries to commemorate 70 years of the Queens reign and would like to include photographs from people in Lancashire, in the work. We would like to see your family photos, works photos, days out, friends, events or just things that you think capture our Lancashire lives from the 1950’s until today. We really want to tell this story through the voices and eyes of the people, so if you have anything you think we might like, please drop us a message and send us your wonderful memories to share.

We are making tapestries to commemorate 70 years of the Queens reign and would like to include photographs from people in Lancashire, in the work. We would like to see your family photos, works photos, days out, friends, events or just things that you think capture our Lancashire lives from the 1950’s until today. We really want to tell this story through the voices and eyes of the people, so if you have anything you think we might like, please drop us a message and send us your wonderful memories to share.

Photo shared with permission from the Talbot Archive, Blackburn 1977.

From acid house to folklore, The Troubles to football terraces, we've explored a broad range of subjects in our work, most often related to the peculiarities of British life. This next work feels very different but chimes with our interest in heritage, human stories and cultures.

Jamie has been commissioned to represent Lancashire in the marking of the Queens Jubilee and team Uncultured Creatives will be producing and curating this new work.

'70 Years, 70 Voice's is an approach to recognising not just her 70 year reign but the diverse people in our county who have lived through it.

Expect contemporary stories in traditional tapestries, orchestral scores and audio recordings including 70 people who are (around) 70 years old.

Follow 70 Years 70 Voices on Instagram and Facebook for more information and how to get involved.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19839792.blackburn-artist-commissioned-create-new-masterpiece-marking-queens-platinum-jubilee/

Blackburn artist commissioned to create masterpiece to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee An artist from Lancashire has been commissioned to create a new masterpiece to help mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19839792.blackburn-artist-commissioned-create-new-masterpiece-marking-queens-platinum-jubilee/

Blackburn artist commissioned to create masterpiece to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee An artist from Lancashire has been commissioned to create a new masterpiece to help mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.