Our collections contain many photographs of local buildings, streets, and neighbourhoods, images that highlight how deeply places shape our lives. These images have inspired us to explore “Places, Memory, and the Meaning of Belonging”, and to think about how places can act as living companions throughout our journeys.
We are creating a blog that will reflect on places, memories, heritage, change, and the emotional ties that make places feel like home. To bring this story to life, we would like to include the voices and experiences of our community. We will be sharing images on our social media pages throughout the next week of images we hold in our collections.
We are sharing this survey to invite you to share the places that have shaped you by exploring where you have felt joy, connection, continuity, or change. Your responses will help us reflect on why places matter, how they evolve, and how they continue to shape who we are. You can also direct message us on our social media pages with a audio recording that we can insert into the final blog.
There are no right or wrong answers. Feel free to share as much or as little detail as you like, your personal experiences, stories, and reflections help us understand how people connect with the places around them. You can name specific locations or describe them without naming them if you prefer.
We may want to quote your responses, in part or in full in our blog/social media. If you would like to be credited, please state your name or how you would like to be credited. E.g. Jane, Wigan or Jane Doe or Jane Doe, 62, Hindley.
Thank you for contributing to this project and helping us tell a richer, more meaningful story.
Link to survey: https://www.surveylegend.com/s/65z1
