The Sound Agents are Crowd Funding to purchase a blue plaque to commemorate the Chinese seamen who were forcibly deported from Liverpool in 1946 and to remember the women and children who were left behind living in destitution, ostracised from their families and community. Please donate and share.
THE SOUND AGENTS Liverpool Heritage Organisation
Liverpool England
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Thursday 6 July 2023
ORAL HISTORY TRAINING
Are you looking for skills in Oral History for a project?
Look no further. Contact Thesoundagents@gmx.co.uk for a chat.
The Sound Agents recently delivered an oral history training workshop to volunteers in Central Library for The National Lottery Funded project 'Giz a Job' An Oral History of the 1981 People's March for Jobs. The Sound Agents use the Oral History Society's methods for training purposes and have 20 years of experience working in the field of recording audio/visual personal stories.
Wednesday 14 June 2023
FIRST HAND MEMORIES OF RON GITTINS
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Ron Gittin's front room. Photo: Moira Kenny |
Jan Williams talking about her Uncle Ron Oral History
Jan Williams talking about her Uncle Ron
Jan Williams talking about the Auction and Ron kidnapping his mum from the care home
Jane Bennett, friend of Ron Gittins Oral History
Jane Bennett talking about Ron at church and his ice cream van
Filmmaker working at Ron's place contextualising outsider art Oral History
Thursday 1 June 2023
50 YEARS OF THE IRISH IN BRITAIN
Wednesday 31 May 2023
LIVERPOOL CHINATOWN ORAL HISTORY NORMAN YOU
In 2013 we met Norman You and arranged to meet with him to record his memories of Liverpool Chinatown. 10 years later, at the age of 90 we are delighted to have recorded him today. Click on this link to hear his story: Norman You
MEMORIES OF RON GITTINS
The Sound Agents had the pleasure of recording memories of Ron Gittins during the Bank Holiday at an Event at Future Yard, Birkenhead organised by Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale. Click on the link to find out more about this amazing artist: https://ronsplace.co.uk/about-us/
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Jan Williams: Ron Gittins niece and owner of the Caravan Gallery Click on the link to read all about SAVING RON'S PLACE |
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC 80th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE EVENT
HRH the Princess Royal opening the Garden of Reflection, Liverpool Parish Church
Photographer: Moira Kenny
The Sound Agents received an invitation to the Service of Celebration and Commemoration with the opening of a Garden of Reflection by Princess Anne on the 26th May 2023, for helping Louise Watt identify and invite leaders of Chinatown and the descendants of the forcibly repatriated Chinese seamen in 1946. The families were delighted to hear an acknowledgement of the deportations during the service.
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