STARCROSS HOSPITAL what the voices tell us

STARCROSS HOSPITAL what the voices tell us

This is a link to the whole of the 160 page oral history project on the history of The Royal Western Counties Hospital in Starcross.

This will take a while to download and so the project will also be presented in installments on this weblog 

On your mobile phone: you can open in incognito tab, or use your Google account, or share on Facebook. Tap and hold the link to view the drop-down menu of all the options of how you can view this booklet.

If you are using a computer to here view the web version of The Starcross History Society's weblog: just click on the link to view the booklet. 

Did this revive memories for you? Was there something that stuck you as particularly poignant or interesting? Do you have something to add? Would you please leave  feedback by commenting below, or by contacting

starcross.history@gmail.com

Thankyou

Many thanks to Caroline Hill for allowing The Starcross History Society to publish this remarkable book.

Our next FREE ZOOM

 

Everyone is welcome to our next FREE ZOOM. This is the link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85031410305?pwd=UUNyRWk2RnUvNml6WXgxM1pFSmVpUT09

Any problems, please email heirnet@gmail.com. Thankyou.

Jon Nichol will present The Voices of Starcross on Wednesday, 16th June, from 7.30pm until 9.00pm. This is about the value of recording people speaking about their experiences. You will hear some invaluable commentary from local voices.

We make no charge to attend, because we believe that local history should be free for everyone, but we ask for donation via Paypal  to cover our costs.  Please visit our Donate page.  

Thankyou

Getting started with oral history

The Oral History Society offers practical advice about how to record stories about the past.

The first step is to have a focus, such as Memories from Starcross. This gives us a broad scope; without cutting out memories of those who live here now, but have important personal memories about other places.

We can have sub-themes; such as The Royal Western Counties Hospital, Farming Tales, or At Work. Oral history adds to documented history, "All memories are a mixture of facts and opinions, and both are important. The way in which people make sense of their lives is valuable historical evidence in itself. "