CANNING HISTORY PROJECT
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(an opportunity to get involved in your local community & history)

Updates will be posted as and when they happen but for now here is a brief of the project, should you wish to get involved please follow instructions bellow...



Update: Aug 2013

The Application for funding has now been completed and submitted, the steering committee are currently awaiting feedback...

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Hello fellow members, we have some exciting news,

We are applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant to research and produce a book on the history and character of the Canning area.
We aim to take in the development of the area from its rural beginnings through to the present day, 
including its buildings, its residents, and the cultural aspects of the area.

St James Mount, where the Cathedral now stands above the 16th Century quarry, became Liverpool’s first public park in 1771; Falkner Square Gardens has been a park since 1835; Blackburne House was built for 
Liverpool mayor John Blackburne in the late 18th Century; John Lennon moved in on his band-mate Stuart Sutcliffe in Gambier Terrace when he moved there from Percy Street; 64 Canning Street is so famous it’s even got a 1960s song all about it; and of course organizations like KIND and Canning Housing Co-op 
currently inhabit the area.  There’s a stack of fascinating stuff that we already half-know about – and probably most of what will go into the book, we don’t even know yet.
 
The book will include maps, photographs and artworks, both historic and contemporary, and will also 
include some poetry and creative prose relating to the area.
Besides the book itself, the project will produce interview recordings and exhibition materials.  
The two-year project period will culminate with an exhibition and a book-launch event celebrating the area.
 
Following our pre-application for a grant, David Bateman, Len Reid and I had a meeting in December with 
representatives of the Heritage Lottery Fund, who were very enthusiastic about the project.  We are 
currently working on our full application, and are optimistic about getting funding.
We hope the early stages of the project will include 2 or 3 local history talks for anyone interested, also training sessions on recorded interviewing and on archive and library research for those interested in getting involved in the research for the project.
If you are interested in learning about the history of the area and would like to contribute with 
information, or by getting involved as a volunteer in researching and producing the book, then we would like to hear from you.
 
In taking part you will be creating physical history which will be held as a record for the future.  So if this sounds like something you would like to hear more about, please don’t hesitate: get in touch either by email canninghistory@canningco-op.org.uk, using History Project as the subject, or leave contact details in the 
office for the steering group, so we can get back to you with more information.
 
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Liz Dolan (member of steering group).