An assemblage of tea bags acts as a feminist statement. The caption to the piece reads: “In 1945 Blackburn Labour Women threatened to stop making tea for the men unless they included women on their shortlist for their new MP. Barbara Castle was chosen and won.”

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An assemblage of tea bags acts as a feminist statement. The caption to the piece reads: “In 1945 Blackburn Labour Women threatened to stop making tea for the men unless they included women on their shortlist for their new MP. Barbara Castle was chosen and won.”

‘Oral history gives history back to the people in their own words. And in giving a past it also helps them towards a future of their own making. It thrusts life into history itself and it widens its scope. It allows heroes not just from the leaders, but from the unknown majority of the people. In addition, the effect of collecting oral evidence can be to bind together communities, promote contact between generations, and give people a sense of roots in their own historial past. Paul Thompson, The Voice of the Past.’

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‘Oral history gives history back to the people in their own words. And in giving a past it also helps them towards a future of their own making. It thrusts life into history itself and it widens its scope. It allows heroes not just from the leaders, but from the unknown majority of the people. In addition, the effect of collecting oral evidence can be to bind together communities, promote contact between generations, and give people a sense of roots in their own historial past. Paul Thompson, The Voice of the Past.’