Copyright Training

Concentartion in Copyright training - there's a lot to take in!

Jan Hicks, Archives & Information Manager from MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester), has given ten of us an enjoyable, clear and thought-provoking training on understanding copyright.
The trainees have come from all backgrounds: volunteers for Kindling, the National Trust, and the NW Heritage Seed Library at Ordsall Hall as well as representatives from organisations such as Cheshire Garden's Trust, Dunham WI and the Wooden Canal Boat Society.
Topics covered:
What is copyright?
How does it come into existence?
Who owns copyright?
How long does it last?
How does copyright apply to paintings, drawings, photographs, maps, works of architecture and artistic craftsmanship?
Management of copyright including Documentation, Licenses vs full transfer of rights, Explaining copyright to interviewees and caring for the documents,images and sound recordings.

Phew!...all explained clearly by Jan
flapjacks - homemade apple and raspberry from the allotment 
Some useful unexpected contacts were made between previously unconnected groups in the brief networking catchup at the end.

Comments: ''Such a useful session - Thanks!''

''We're not just Potato Pickers - we're Archeologists!''

Victorian Potato Pickers

Volunteers picked the last few rows of  potatoes at the  National Trust's Little Heath Farm, Dunham Massey.

What an enjoyable and worthwhile day! 

Fantastic company,

really helpful and hardworking, 

the volunteers were wonderful....

Their enthusiasm for the historical context, support and engagement with the task in hand was much appreciated.

Night-soil treasures were uncovered as we dug into the soil with a real sense of wonder at making the connection with this grubby but productive part of our heritage.

All volunteers getting stuck in!

All enjoying a day of   November sunshine in beautiful surroundings.

Castlefield Event - the boat arrives at Potato Wharf

The eagerly awaited crop  of Dunham new potatoes arrive at Castlefield

The event captures the attention of  passing crowds

A display on the Arena steps showed the historical research and had activities for children and adults alike including dressing-up and a self-led food heritage trail

Cardboard cutouts in period costume were created for interactive posing and storytelling.

The  boat arrives in Castlefield from Dunham, on the Bridgewater Canal

 

The crop of potatoes is transported by historic narrowboat past the  Potato Wharf, at Castlefield

 

Standing back as Charlotte films the unloading of the cargo

Backbreaking work as the boat is unloaded

At last, after an early start and a morning of hard work, volunteers are fed Soup or Lancashire Hotpot made by the Oxnoble with our own Dunham grown potatoes

Castlefield Event - 26th Oct 2013 - The Barrow

Potatoes would have been unloaded from the boat and transported by barrow to the potato markets. This rare street trader's barrow is thought to be similar to those used but we have yet to find out...any information gratefully received....

Cllr Carmine Grimshaw gets his barrow out of storage - recently repaired for this event

Back on the road - Carmine pushes the barrow past the eerily empty  old market trader's site on Church Street

Calling in at McCalls - the last traders on Church Street, now housed with a more permanent stall

Carmine with a photo of his former self  (back right) Lovely photos of street traders are displayed at McCalls

Collecting the produce that Alex King, of the Oxnoble, has kindly stored for the event

Nona and Carmine display the produce on the barrow under the arches at Castlefield

Displaying the art of the market barrow street-trader