New Facebook Group

Hi all,

Facebook is the place to be! Or so it would seem. Since the demise of the folklore forum I found out where a'body was - on FB.

So I've joined the Social Network Revolution - firstly have set up an oral history/reminiscence group. I'll do a folklore one later. But for now, the Aberdeen & Region Oral History Association presents the first Facebook Oral History Group - obviously you need to be registered for Facebook to join.

Do please join up, I know alot of you folkie ppl are on FB. Oral reminiscence is the backbone of folklore, so we need to make sure it's recognised as a proper source by traditional historians.

And don't forget the Oral History Society's conference at Strathclyde Uni, Glasgow in 3 wks time 3-4 July, 2009: See link

also - Voices in Visual Art (VIVA) is an on-going oral history project based in London College of Arts.

Shop Signs

Just started a new Flickr site for recording 'material culture' - started with shop signs - here do please let me know if you have any good ones I can link to!

Of course, I saved on just for this post!

Not got a shot of the shop yet, but this is the bag that rowies are transported from the great shop in!!

Dinna tell ma ye dinna ken wot a rowie is!!

Heating on my shiny new toaster's crumpet rack!!

And they are sooo fine that people will pay alot o money for them!!

So, get out your I-spy books and look for some nice signs!