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Tram Travellers is a project that was designed to help school pupils to investigate the history of trams in Nottingham. Between 2008 and 2010, 11 school classes were involved in the project. Each class got a varied programme with sessions including a trip to the Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire, trips on the modern tram, role playing and art sessions.
Local experts have also taken part and passed on their knowledge in videos and other resources which are being incorporated into the project website.
We hope that you enjoy finding out about all the things the pupils discovered during the project. They thought of much better questions than we did, and we would like to thank them all for their bright ideas and their enquiring minds that made the project so much fun to deliver.
This project has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and in kind by NET, (Nottingham Express Transit) and Crich Tramway Museum.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all those who took part in the Tram Travellers Project including:
The pupils and staff from the classes which took part at Scotholme Primary, Rufford Junior, Berridge Junior, Forest Fields Primary, Our Lady Roman Catholic School, Huntingdon Primary, Greenfields Primary, Wellbeck Primary, Rosslyn Park Primary, Heathfield Primary. Steve Guthrie from NET Staff and volunteers at Crich Tramway Village, with special thanks to David Tudor, Andrew Willis and the Education Team. Dorothy Ritchie and the rest of the staff from the Local Studies Library. David Beardsell, for his information, advice and permission to use his posters. Peter Hammond, Lilian Towers, Bernard Bielby. Neil Worthington. Our artists – Spiral Arts, Rosny Hayward, Ruth Dawes and Samanya Theatre Company.
The idea of the Tram Travellers Project was to help pupils investigate the history of trams in a way that brought the history to life. Each school took part in a range of sessions that included:
A Living History Workshop Ride on a modern tram Visit to the National Tramway Museum at Crich Tramway Village Visit to the Market Square and the City Library Local Studies Department Interviewing Tram Drivers, past and present Role playing a Public Debate about the Coming of the Tram Art sessions to help pupils remember their learning in a creative way, whilst producing an art work Investigating the history of the area around their nearest tram stop to find out what it was like in the time of the first trams.
11 school classes from 10 schools have now been involved. We worked with pupils from Scotholme Primary, Rufford Junior, Berridge Junior, Forest Fields Primary, Our Lady Roman Catholic School, Huntingdon Primary, Greenfields Primary, Wellbeck Primary, Rosslyn Park Primary and Heathfield Primary.
We were also lucky enough to have the help of Steve Guthrie from NET Staff and volunteers at Crich Tramway Village, special thanks to David Tudor, Andrew Willis and the Education Team. Dorothy Ritchie and the rest of the staff from the Local Studies Library. David Beardsell, for his information, advice and permission to use his posters. Peter Hammond, Lillian Towers, Bernard Bielby. Neil Worthington. Our artists – Spiral Arts, Rosny Hayward, Ruth Dawes and Samanya Theatre Company.
