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Beryl’s Poem
Beryl Home My refuge Being sent away Feeling lost and alone Family By Beryl Skinn
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Home = Hull
We met a fabulous bunch of young people at our workshop at Wolfreton School. There are some pictures of what happened on the Workshop page. We talked about what it may be like for the Huguenot people -...
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Not alone, Refugee…
The lovers in our story, Valentina and Raoul, have been torn apart when Valentina escapes from persecution during the Reformation and comes to live in England, while Raoul stands by his faith and stays...
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Worth 6 minutes of anybody’s time…
My Ancestors were French Film – Stranger in a Strange Land “When I came to England, to Hull, it was a different language, culture and basically everything was like a big lock. And it was locked. The...
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Celebration!
Here we are, we’re getting ready for our My Ancestors were French celebration event tomorrow, May 4th. We’ll be setting up the venue, Willerby Methodist Hall, from 2pm and meeting up with the team from...
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Free Workshop and Exhibition for Hull Refugee Week
Would you like to come to a FREE workshop and exhibition on Wednesday June 19th 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm at Creator College, 6-8 King Edward St, Hull, HU1 3SS, UK We use music, poetry, local film and...
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Free Auricula Suite Gig for Refugee Week
FREE Auricula Suite gig for Hull Refugee Week, on Wednesday 19th June 2013 upstairs at Creator College, 6-8 King Edward St, Hull, HU1 3SS, UK doors 7.00 pm, band on stage 7.30 pm. Songs telling of a...
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Your Ancestors were…?
It’s a poem, set to music, have a listen… My ancestors were French, And, for what it’s worth, faith ruled their lives. Me, I’ve never been to church, and I haven’t been good. But I’ve made my mark, And...
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Adam’s Poemed Illustration
We had a fabulous session at the My Ancestors Were French Exhibition, Workshop and Gig for Refugee Week on Wednesday. A big thanks to Alan, Mal and Sally at Hull’s Creator College for hosting the...
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Ilona’s Beautiful Poems
Ilona wrote and read these beautiful poems at the My Ancestors were French Refugee Week workshop at Creator College… Heart Emotional mirror Squeezed so tight Will it ever recover? Shattered Forget your...
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Lorna’s Poem
Running Hearts beating Can’t look back Leaving everything behind Escape By Lorna W.
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Refugee, Sunday Morning Sketch
It was after the workshop we did for Refugee Week where everyone wrote poems that I found I had some words on the go too. So, on Sunday morning I figured out a piano accompaniment and recorded a...
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Refugee Workshop Poems and Illustrations
Adam’s Tree Here are some of the beautiful poems and illustrations created at our My Ancestors were French workshop at Creator College for Refugee Week. Click on an image to enlarge and scroll through…
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How does it feel…
We’ve got some new films coming up very soon, but in the meantime, how does it feel to be a stranger in a strange land,.. ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ is the short film of Dilzar’s story made...
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Refugee Week Workshop at Creator College
You’ve just gotta watch this, superb work created for Hull Refugee Week… Adam showing his Poemed Illustration
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Refugee Rap
Craig and Joe wrote and performed this totally brill human beatbox rap at our workshop for Hull Refugee Week at Creator College. . Craig and Joe at Creator College
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Stories of Stories
Thanks to The University of Lincoln who made this nice short film summary of the Telling Our Stories community projects who worked together last year. It includes some snippets of My Ancestors were...
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Refugee – Sunday Morning Sketch, finished!
Rich & Lou's Loudhailer:Our spoken word piano-poem Refugee – Sunday Morning Sketch is finished… Originally posted on Rich & Lou's Loudhailer: It was after the workshop Rich & I did for...
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Your Ancestors were…?
It’s a poem, set to music, have a listen… My ancestors were French, And, for what it’s worth, faith ruled their lives. Me, I’ve never been to church, and I haven’t been good. But I’ve made my mark, And...
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