{"id":76410,"date":"2025-12-11T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/?p=76410"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:27:10","slug":"lets-do-the-time-walk-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/lets-do-the-time-walk-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Do The Time Walk Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday the Library welcomed the &#8216;Let\u2019s Do The Time Walk Again!&#8217; team who were hosting a volunteering event in Augustine House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Let\u2019s do the time walk again!&#8217; is a project funded by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefund.org.uk\/\" title=\"\">The National Lottery Heritage Fund<\/a><\/strong>. The project is led by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/people\/carolyn-oulton\" title=\"\">Professor Carolyn Oulton<\/a><\/strong> at Canterbury Christ Church University in partnership with Sandwich Guildhall Museum, Deal Museum, Ramsgate Clock House Museum and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitthanet.co.uk\/attractions\/dickens-house-museum-1999\/\" title=\"\">Dickens House Museum<\/a><\/strong>, Broadstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"Rough sea, Deal\" class=\"wp-image-76422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2-1536x999.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Rough-sea-Deal-2.jpg 1610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rough Sea, Deal &#8211; Postcard from the Kent Maps Online collection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the project is to digitise archives from the early 19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century to the mid-20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century to create a series of themed walks through time and place exploring the rich seaside heritage of Kent\u2019s coastal towns. It builds on the highly successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent-maps.online\/\" title=\"\"><strong>Kent Maps Online<\/strong><\/a> project which has been running since 2020. The walks between the towns will be connected through a digital story-telling platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each museum has its own unique theme. <a href=\"https:\/\/sandwichguildhallmuseum.co.uk\/whats-on\/lets-do-the-time-walk-again\/\" title=\"\"><strong>Sandwich Guildhall Museum<\/strong><\/a> is focussing on the history of the high street, Ramsgate on the harbour, Broadstairs on literary tourism and the cliff, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dealmuseum.uk\/\" title=\"\">Deal<\/a><\/strong>, the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project kicked off in May with a lightshow at the Ramsgate Clock House Museum to celebrate the 85<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Dunkirk little ships which was created by Howard Griffin of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/illumiscape.co.uk\/\" title=\"\">Illumiscape<\/a><\/strong> using research from the museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Light show commemorating Ramsgate&#039;s role in the Dunkirk evacuation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IaeaF_hh8dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Local studies books and material from the university\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/guides\/library\/library-guide-special-collections-a-z\" title=\"\">Archives and Special Collections<\/a><\/strong> were made available for participants during the event including old maps, seaside postcards from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/guides\/library\/library-guide-nic-costa-archive\" title=\"\">Nic Costa Collection<\/a><\/strong> and photographs from the <a href=\"https:\/\/seasphotography.co.uk\/\"><strong>South East Archive of Seaside Photography (SEAS)<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museums also brought along some of the gems from their collections including a letter from Charles Dickens and Ramsgate harbour records from the First World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Seaside book display\" class=\"wp-image-76438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/IMG_20251210_111917515.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Seaside book display<\/em> <em>created by Jean Valle<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The volunteers learned how to digitise a postcard, how to identify copyright and how to search newspaper databases and were encouraged to think creatively about representations of place by the project&#8217;s Impact Officer, Lesley Hardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers from Sandwich Museum\" class=\"wp-image-76442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Sandwich-Volunteers-10.12.25.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Volunteers from Sandwich Museum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event proved a perfect opportunity to showcase some of the library\u2019s unique material as well as share knowledge on copyright and newspaper database searching, echoing the university\u2019s &#8216;Vision 2030&#8217; strategic aims of collaboration and creativity within its community. The collaboration between academics, museum partners and library professionals evidenced the role that libraries can play in supporting the university&#8217;s Knowledge Exchange Framework which commits to developing skills through public and community engagement. We wish the project team good luck as they continue their project.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Made Possible with Heritage Fund logo\" class=\"wp-image-76454\" style=\"width:160px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/TNLHF_English_Acknowledgement_Stamp_Colour_JPEG.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK\u2019s heritage. &#8216;Let&#8217;s Do The Time Walk Again!&#8217; is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, &#8216;Let&#8217;s Do The Time Walk Again!&#8217; has been able to provide volunteer training in digitisation and research to local museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday the Library welcomed the &#8216;Let\u2019s Do The Time Walk Again!&#8217; team who were hosting a volunteering event in Augustine House. &#8216;Let\u2019s do the time walk again!&#8217; is a project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104205,"featured_media":76418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[566,1,570],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives-special-collections","category-blog","category-public-engagement"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Michelle Crowther","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/12\/Social-Media-Volunteering-Event-10.12.25.jpg","postExcerpt":"Yesterday the Library welcomed the &#8216;Let\u2019s Do The Time Walk Again!&#8217; team who were hosting a volunteering event in Augustine House. &#8216;Let\u2019s do the time walk again!&#8217; is a project [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76410"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76486,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76410\/revisions\/76486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}