Tag Archives: Edge Hill

Victorian Christmas at Edge Hill

I volunteered at the Victorian Christmas at Edge Hill Station. It was very popular and busy this year! We had food, drink, craft stalls, raffles and tombolas. We also some excellent performances from Platform, the Suitcase Ensemble and the Formby more »

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Edge Hill Archives Launch

The Edge Hill Archives launched today and it was a huge success! The Metal team have been busy collecting oral histories, photographs and Artifacts relating to the history of Edge Hill Station and the surrounding area. They also exhibited “Archive more »

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Edge Hill Archives Open Day

The Edge Hill Archive Open day was far more successful than METAL had expected with locals arriving in large numbers to record their memories about growing up, living and working in Edge Hill. Edge Hill residents came with stories, photographs more »

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Playing “Tickets Please”

“Tickets Please” is packed up and delivered to METAL. I have had time to edit some video footage of the game in action from our final play tests. “Tickets Please” is an oral history memory game allowing fun interactive exploration more »

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Making “Tickets Please”

Today we completed making “Tickets Please” It is an Arduino and RFID powered oral history memory game allowing fun interactive exploration of the Edge Hill Archive. The “Signal Repeater” electronic hub was made by Mycroft Milverton, the game board was more »

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Victorian Christmas at Edge Hill 2010

This Saturday Metal celebrated Christmas Victorian style! We had costumes, craft stalls, face painted, wholesome food, mulled wine, Santa and entertainment from the Formby Brass Band, the Kaleidoscope Gospel Choir and Mycroft Milverton (That’s me!). I performed “T’was the Curious more »

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