"I Remember..." Project
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The Queen meets well-wishers in Middleton Grange Shopping Centre during the 1977 Silver Jubilee celebrations.Photograph courtesy of the Hartlepool Mail.
Share your memories of how the town celebrated Her Majesty's Coronation and subsequent royal events such as royal weddings or royal visits to Hartlepool.
As we celebrate this amazing milestone for Her Majesty The Queen and for the country, we’re keen to look back at how Hartlepool has celebrated royal events during her reign.
In particular, we’d love to hear people’s reminiscences of how they celebrated the 1953 Coronation in Hartlepool – did you have a street party, for example, or decorate your home or did you receive a commemorative item from school?
We’d also like to hear people’s experiences of subsequent royal events, such as the 1977 Silver Jubilee, when The Queen visited the town, or her later visit in 1993 to open the Marina, or Princess Anne’s 1970 visit to open Middleton Grange Shopping Centre.
As well as recording their personal reminiscences, we’re very much hoping people will share with us their photographs of those events – original photographs will be carefully copied and returned – and lend us items of related memorabilia to feature in the exhibition.
It’s an opportunity to look back on some of Hartlepool’s happiest royal days and to pay tribute to the Queen’s remarkable reign.
You can add your memories in two different ways:
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How to share your memories
- Start by clicking the blue "Add Your Idea" button
- Give your memory a title in the "add your idea" box
- Tell your story in the "enter a short description" box
- You can upload digital images by clicking the upload image button (
) and choosing the file you want to upload from your computer or phone
Only got paper photos?
If you only have paper photos or other mementoes you can take a clear picture of each one using your smartphone or digital camera and upload them as in step 4 above.
When you have finished telling your story click "add idea" to post it on the site! You will then receive an email confirmation.
You do not need to register with the site (unless you want to of course!) but to prevent spam you will be asked to provide an email address when you submit your memory.
Alternatively you can call into your nearest Community Hub or library to record a digital audio postcard (staff will be on hand to help), leave a written reminiscence or bring in photographs for scanning or items for loan.
Liking, commenting and sharing on other people's memories
You can also like, comment on and share other people's memories. If you like a comment, click on the heart in the bottom right hand corner of the memory. The heart will turn from white to red. Click it again to "un-like" it.
To comment on someone else's memory, click on the "comment" button at the bottom of the memory. Write your comment and click post. If you have not already registered an account on the site you will be asked to provide an email address when you add your comment.
To share a memory on social media, click on the icon of the social media platform you want to share it on and then follow the instructions on the platform.
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