Research
Just submerged in research for my book. Had not expected the public response that I got- 81 people -wanting to contribute. Only a few are on email so most of the work is going to have to be done on the telephone with some "live" interviews. I have a weblog up about it (http://www.craig-y-nos.blogspot.com) but because it deals with older people I suspect that not many are accessing it. However, I am trying to put at least one story up on it every day.
Some of the stories coming out are Dickensian: child forced to eat cabbage until he vomited; children living out on open balconies and covered in snow; parents allowed to visit once a month; children tied to beds. Yet there are also good times -the camaraderie of children suffering together against adult world.
Some have never spoken about their experiences before. Many talk about their "lost childhood" in this remote castle in mid-Wales used as a TB sanatorium.
Got an email from The Changing Room gallery in Stirling. They are launching a 24 hour virtual museum and are asking for some info from those of us who have had work there.
It seems ages since I have done any video work…
