"It would be better if we could have some events up north"
Thomas Fowler
What did the Olympic and Paralympic Games mean to you?
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were a once in a lifetime event. To record the impact of the Games, from 2010-2012 museums, libraries and archives around the UK supported community groups to collect and create material related to the Games, past and present. This website showcases the results.
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Featured projects
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Easton Olympians
A creative writing project in Easton, an inner city part of Bristol. Local people tell their own stories in response to… -
Sporting Heroes
Run by the West Yorkshire Archive Service and Heritage Lottery Funded, Sporting Heroes is an oral history project, which… -
Talking Sport
A collection of video and audio of people from Barton upon Humber and the surrounding area remembering their… -
Paralympic Perceptions
This project explores perceptions of the impact and value of the Paralympic Games.
Students at Loughborough University… -
Imagine sport
The project has been delivered by Carl Jaycock on behalf of Telford & Wrekin Council, and builds on the previous… -
Futures: the Spirit of Sport
East Sussex Record Office worked with Chailey Futures, the residential service for young adults with complex physical…
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