Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures
We are working on an exciting research project exploring Lincolnshire Folk Tales over the next year.
'Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures’ is a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/Y003225/1), and is led by Dr Rory Waterman and the Research Fellow Dr Anna Milon in the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University. The project explores the origins, legacies, intertextual and social connections and futures of Lincolnshire folk tales, and is intended to facilitate wider engagement with this heritage from writers, the general public, and scholars.
AHRC Lincolnshire Folk Tales Young Storytellers Project is led by Adverse Camber and produced by Aly Stoneman. The youth engagement section of the wider project aims to connect young people with their local heritage and help them develop their oral story-making skills. It focuses on the inventiveness and creativity of young storytellers, exploring how they interpret the legends and folktales of their places, passing them on into the future.
Listen to the stories created!
During the storytelling workshops, we captured what happened and the stories that the young people created. So grab yourself a cuppa and listen to the Podcasts, which were recorded by Elliot Clark and edited by digital producer Marc Reck.
Find out more on the Lincolnshire Folk Tales project website
Between August–November 2024, Adverse Camber led a series of storytelling sessions with young people to share and develop stories. Programme delivery started with a week-long summer storymaking ensemble project in Lincoln with participants aged 8-15, led by storyteller Pyn Stockman and supported by folk musician Ann Jones, with special guest storyteller Thor Ewing and folklorist Maureen James. During the autumn term, Adverse Camber delivered 9 days of story-making workshops in Skegness Junior Academy, Dunston St Peters CofE Primary School, and St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy in Brigg. Pyn (Stockman) worked with 80 x Years 4, 5 and 6 pupils to explore traditional Lincolnshire Folktales and create new ones. An afternoon workshop on Saturday 16 November as part of the UK Young Storytellers Festival took place in Lincoln Central Library. Recorded stories from young people taking part in the project have been professionally edited by digital producer Marc Reck into a podcast series.
And you can hear the live desk recording mentioned in the podcast of the Summer Project performance recorded by Elliot Clarke here
CREDITS: AHRC Lincolnshire Folk Tales Young Storytellers Project 2024 Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures project, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and hosted in the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University. The project is led by Dr Rory Waterman, with the Research Fellow Anna Milon. AHRC Lincolnshire Folk Tales Young Storytellers Project led by Adverse Camber
Lead Storyteller and Facilitator: Pyn Stockman
Producer: Aly Stoneman
Audio Producer: Marc Reck
Photographer: Phil Crow
Summer Storymaking Project:
Young Storytellers: Chizitelu, Cordelia, Coraline, Rachel, Ran, Sophie
Lead Storyteller and Facilitator: Pyn Stockman
Musician and Supporting Facilitator: Ann Jones
Guest Storyteller: Thor Ewing
Sound Engineer (Southside): Eliot Clarke
With thanks to folklorist Maureen James, who kindly visited the project to share her knowledge of Lincolnshire folk tales, and Southside venue (Lincoln) for hosting us.
Lincolnshire Schools Storytelling Project
Skegness Junior Academy, Skegness –Year 5 pupils and teachers (Dates: Mon 16–18 September)
Dunston St Peters Church of England Primary School, Dunston – Years 5 & 6 pupils and teachers (Dates: 24–26 September)
St Mary’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy, Brigg – Year 4 pupils and teachers (Dates: 30 September– 2 October)
Lead Storyteller and Facilitator: Pyn Stockman
With thanks to Jemima Kelly, Partnership and Community Librarian for Children and Young People for North Lincolnshire Council, for her support.
The young people from the August Make Your Story share their story with an audience of families and friends.
The young people from the August Make Your Story share their story with an audience of families and friends.
Musician Anna is playing the violin while one of the young participants sings alongside her.
Storyteller Pyn is interviewing young people about their stories
The young participants learning how to create a narrative of a story.
The young people rehearsing their story
Pyn Stockman teaching the young people how to use paper birds
Teachers and young participants from the Make Your Story workshop on the steps of the venue
Children wearing their homemade wolf masks from St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Brigg.
Children from St Peter's Dunston with storyteller Pyn Shockman.
Pyn Stockman on the left with children from Skegness Primary School.
