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Sidney Nolan Trust video oral histories

Thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Catcher Media worked with The Sidney Nolan Trust on an exciting video oral history project. Working with the Trust and a group of volunteers, Julia and Rick, captured nine interviews which detailed memories of life at the two sites the charity looks after on the Wales-England border.

The sites are The Bleddfa Centre in the village of Bleddfa in Powys and The Rodd, a 400-year old farm, estate and house near Presteigne. The project recorded knowledge and shared stories of local farming and village life, and the lives and family histories of the people who worked at and lived in both places, including theatre director James Roose-Evans (1927-2022) who was the driving force behind setting up The Bleddfa Trust, and the artist Sidney Nolan (1917-1992), who lived at The Rodd and founded the Trust there as a rural arts centre.

Nine interviews in total cover both sites and include lots of archive photographs. English subtitled versions created by Catcher Media are available by activating the ‘CC’ in the Vimeo tab. Not AI-generated. Additional Welsh translations are available for Albert Thomas and Graham George.

WATCH HERE: https://www.herefordshirelifethroughalens.org.uk/theme/arts-and-culture/

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