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The Lansbury Voices group have a presentation at the General Meeting last year, and has continued to engage in various projects. In November 2006, we took part in the Haiku Hike. This project involved a workshop at the Hind Grove Community base where Paul Conneally gave us the basic form of a haiku poem. Then on the following day we walked along the towpath of the Bow Back Rivers (the site of the London 2012 Olympics) and took photographs to which we added a haiku poem. In February 2007 there was an exhibition of the work in Mile Park.

Photography has been a theme for the Lansbury Voices this year. The group been involved in a series of workshops with Greg Hale on the rudiments of photography. At a Black History Family event at Trussler Hall in February the group presented a DVD of image and sounds, recording of experience in coming to the UK from the West Indies.

Lansbury Voices in the form it exists today followed development of the first Lansbury Voices project that took place within the Lansbury Festival in 2001, part of that festival used local people acted as guides and presenters.

The Lansbury Voices website can be found at http://www.lansburyvoices.org.uk/

Who

Lansbury Voices is a resident led community project which focuses on developing residents through arranging creative community projects that interest and benefit both the Lansbury Estate and local residents.

What

Lansbury Voices is community project which records the social, architecural and historical development of the Lansbury Estate.

Where

Meetings are held in the Lansbury Neighbourhood Centre in 20 Alton Street. The natural catchment area is the Lansbury Estate and nearby areas.

When

Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Why

Because the Lansbury Estate is a housing Estate that has unique historical significance. The original Lansbury Estate was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951 and was the first model town built after the war. These aspect (and others) of local history that a group of local residents thought should be recorded and celebrated.

The Lansbury Festival 2001

The Lansbury Festival was a year long programme of community activities which included

• A 1951 dance
• Community Festival
• Art exhibition
• Carnival
• The production of a festival history book

Aims

• to provide a meeting space for local residents with a common interest in local history, art and information technology.
• to provide training opportunities

History

The original Lansbury Estate was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951 and thus has unique historical significance.

The current project was specifically designed to the 2001 Festival. The idea grew from a range of events and activities held over a year that was developed as part of 50th anniversary celebration which was held in 2002. The event included a 1951 dance, a community festival, art exhibitions, carnivals and the production of a festival history book which was designed to inform the local population about the history of the Estate that was developed as part of 50th anniversary celebration. Local people were encouraged to attend history classes and trained to give informative presentations and guided tours.

The Lansbury Estate was named after a local politician called George Lansbury. His grand daughter is the actress Angela Lansbury. The Lansbury Estate has historical significance and has been part of numerous archectiural studies. It was the first model town build around developing community needs after the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Projects

Projects include

• JYIP intergenerational project in partnership with Magic Me (photographs)
• Freedom DVD
• Haiku Hike