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Archaeology of the Mouth and the interpretation of Bolsterstone's Historic Site
Location: Sheffield
The first part involves children from Stocksbridge Junior School devising questions to hold an interview session with older people who have links with Bolsterstone.
The information will be recorded in an interpretative leaflet that will be available to everyone on the website and within the village.
Memories/stories and information will be sought regarding; current residents, those who went to school in Bolsterstone, those who married at St Mary's Church, those who have a family grave in the churchyard and those who have lived in the village in the past.
They will also interview people who work or have worked in and around the village, i.e. farm workers, craftsmen, tradesmen, publican PO/Shopkeeper, miners, members of the local history society.
A photographer will record the interview process that will happen over one day. People will be encouraged to bring along photographic and other memorabilia of Bolsterstone to be scanned into a laptop on site to build up a record of material.
The booklet will be produced by the children and will be used to illustrate a talk on the results using a power point projector. A display of the photographs will be included. The publication will be available for distribution to all residents and held at Stocksbridge library.
In the second part. volunteers aim to draw the people's attention to heritage features of Bolsterstone. By mapping them on a pictorial interpretation board people will be encouraged to walk around the village taking in each one.
Research will be carried out into the features to be included, a replica of the village well which has been installed by volunteers as a separate project, the village stocks and whipping post, the Jubilee Tree (planted to commemorate Queen Victoria's 60th Jubilee), the Bolster stones in the Churchyard, the Porters Lodge which is listed and the oldest cottage in the village, which is also listed.
This work will include some restoration work to the Village Stocks and whipping post. This will involve improving the railings and installing a gate to enable access for village events and maintenance.
This will also involve some repair to the stonework for which a local mason has provided a quite and the local conservation officer has been consulted. Some works will also be involved to carry out tree surgery on the jubilee tree and remove the slabs that are underneath the tree preventing root growth. A local qualified tree surgeon will carry out this work.
The tree will be underplanted with spring flowering bulbs which have been gifted to the village, A stone plinth will also be extended and reset. The existing bench will be replaced with a more appropriate bench.
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Bolstertone community group |
| Project Contact |
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Frances Tivey |
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3 Folderings Lane, Bolsterstone, Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Project Postcode |
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S36 3ZE |
| Finishing Date |
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30/11/04 |
| Grants: |
Heritage Lottery Fund: £7,447
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