Days Gone By Project news

Archive handed over to local studies library

On 17th November, the History of Day Centres archive was handed over to the Croydon Local Studies Library.

The History of Day Centres archive

Chris Corner, Local Studies archivist explains where the archive will be kept and how people can come and see it

 

In Our Own Words: Stories of Croydon's Day Centers exhibition reviewed by BBC London

Remembering Day Care in Croydon, a report by Evadney Campbell, Croydon Reporter.

In Our Own Words: Stories of Croydon’s Day Centres launched

On 28th May the culminating exhibition of the History of Day Centres project was launched at Museum of Croydon.

The In Our Own Words exhibition is the culmination of the History of Day Centres project and offers just a small taste of the 70 interviews conducted and over 200 photographs collected.

The exhibition was developed collaboratively with people with learning disabilities and, as the title suggests, is almost entirely ‘in their own words’. Through objects, images and audio clips emerges a fascinating story of people with learning disabilities including memories of industrial work, of delivering newspapers, dancing at discos and running for the England athletics team.

Day Centre reminiscence sessions hits BBC London

A report on the BBC London website about the Days Gone By project, by Croydon reporter Evadney Campbell.

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Days Gone By exhibition launch

The History of Day Centres for People with Learning Disabilities in Croydon Project made its first public entrance on 9th May 2007 with a mini exhibition in Croydon Clocktower.

Visitors view the exhibition

A launch event was held for all the people who have been involved in the project.

David Simpson listens to himself, Jeremy Orton and Simon Baker remembering Waylands Cafe at the Days Gone By exhibition launch on 9th May

The launch event also displayed all the photos that have been donated so far

The content of the exhibition can be explored in the online exhibition pages on this site. You can also have a closer look at the exhibition panels (PDF) (2MB) that were created for the launch event.

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Press Release, March 2007, to officially launch the project

Press Release - March 2007 (PDF) (33KB)