DUMBARTON/CARDROSS ( CASTLEHILL)

Jimmy Williamson,“Weaving Stories” at the Phoenix Community Centre. Jimmy presented Oli Higham with a willow basket which Jimmy wove during the storytelling session.

Aims

  • To creatively connect communities to their local culture: intangible cultural heritage, history, literature

  • To stimulate participation and bring together local activists and organisations

  • To record aspects of local culture - songs, stories, dances, traditions

  • To affirm the work of local practitioners

  • To broker platforms for the expression and celebration of local culture and creativity

Fieldworker

Anne Pitcher, with Andy Shanks, Mary-Anne Collis, and Jimmy Williamson

Partners and Contact Organisations

Corra Foundation, The Phoenix, West Dunbartonshire Greenspace, Dumbarton Heritage Centre, St Michael’s Primary School, Dalreoch Primary School, Clifftop Projects, Strathleven Artizans

Action Research

Story Map, Story Walk (with Mary-Anne Collis), Story Trail; Family Storytelling Fun session; Tales of West Dunbartonshire story sharing: William Wallace’s Cave, St Blaine, Clutha, St Serf’s Well, The Wee Bannock with school pupils retelling orally and through art, music, movement, and song; songwriting sessions (recorded on CD with Andy Shanks); Intergenerational Afternoon Tea, Intergenerational Tea Dance; textile panels: The Willow Weaver and the Royal Baby Basket; Family Hallowe’en Fun; history of Knowetop; Weaving Stories and A Journey Remembered (with Jimmy Williamson)

Productions

Film (with additional funding from Museums and Galleries Scotland) with local cast using the he ‘Wee Bannock’ as a framework for local stories: The Wee Birlin Bannock’s Adventures in West Dunbartonshire

Exhibition: The Story of Knowetop – From King’s Hunting Grounds to Community Farm to New Future