Explore what the Livesey Collection and the Shepherd Street Mission Collection tell us about childhood in Lancashire through the years.

Tour available through Heritage Open Days

Explore the University of Lancashire's Special Collections and University Archives. Situated in the Students' Union building on the Preston campus, the tour will introduce the Special Collections the university holds, followed by brief talks focusing on what two collections can tell us about growing up in Lancashire. The highlighted collections are the Livesey Collection, where Historian Dr Annemarie McAllister will provide a history of the Band of Hope in ten objects, followed by a spotlight on the Shepherd Street Mission Collection, where Archivist Fran Robinson will talk through what oral history tapes tell us about life at the mission, and how these are being digitised and transcribed to reach wider audiences. A range of artefacts from the two collections will be on display, and there will be time during the session to ask questions and explore some of the collections.

Please book your ticket in advance so we can carefully manage numbers.

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