Photo © Karren Visser. Rachel shared her vivid memories of receiving letters from her Mum and Dad when she was at weekly boarding school. The project participants were fascinated to know more about the tactile collage letters of some of Rachel’s favourite things, her mother cut out of bits of …
Unseen Memories
Our Unseen Memories project
Photo © Karren Visser. Life and the experiences of people living with sight loss have changed dramatically over the years. We wanted to capture first-hand recollections of what it was like for blind and visually impaired people in childhood and growing up, before these memories are …
Joe’s Unseen Memories
Photo © Karren Visser. It was Joseph’s 21st birthday. He and his family were on a Dartmouth Park walk with SVI volunteers. His interests in art, walking his dog and cookery are seen in the context of his understandable apprehension of living with deteriorating sight and needing to ‘keep fighting’ …
Ray’s Unseen Memories
Photo © Karren Visser. There is a book to be written about Ray’s earliest memories growing up on a squatters’ camp in post-war England due to a housing shortage. He returned to the area, known as Perry Hall Park for the first time since he was a small boy and tried to find the metal Bailey bridge, …
Mary’s Unseen Memories
Photo © Karren Visser. Mary chose two objects in sharing her memories. The 1930s Westminster chiming clock reminded her of her grandparents, who she was very close to growing up, and a 1970s jewellery box they gave her. In the recording Mary’s intonation is in unison with her fingers scanning …
