Through its Everyday Heritage grants programme, the organisation is funding 30 projects across the UK which will see stories of holidaymakers at Pontins Holiday Park in Norfolk and the history of a cherished community rural lido in Yorkshire come to life, among much else.
Stories of Pontins holidaymakers to be told in new English Heritage project Historic England has announced funding for 30 new projects across the country to highlight the UK's working-class heritage.
Led by Pride of Romany, the Atchin Tan Heritage Project will preserve and celebrate the rich cultural heritage and history of the British Romany community, who have lived in the area since the 16th century.
The Hexham: Prisons and People project focuses on Hexham Old Gaol (England’s oldest prison), Moot Hall, and the House of Correction, which together form England’s oldest prison system.
The project will transform the communities’ shared coastal heritage into a Virtual Reality train journey through the past, featuring the history of the railway and the communities it connected.
