It hasn’t been the best of weather recently for arranging
photography trips out on the Trail.
Nevertheless, the ENGAGE group of St Helens College photographers have
been out and about.
We were overwhelmed by the response to the survey of Trail
users and supporters. It certainly
highlighted the diversity of perceptions, views and thoughts surrounding our
focus and pilot area of the Liverpool Loop Line. Thank you to all who have offered their feedback. It has initiated many ideas and
indicated definite focus directions to approach photographically.
Our focus now is to produce a series of online and
downloadable digital booklets incorporating the images captured and the words
and stories offered from the survey.
Primarily, the three areas of exploration through the digital booklets
will address the ‘Hidden History’, ‘Marks Made’ (Tackling vandalism and
antisocial behaviour) and ‘Biodiversity’.
If you have any specific information that you feel would benefit these
areas of exploration, then please get in touch. We would particularly like to
hear from anyone who has any stories or memories of travelling on the train
along the Liverpool Loop Line, or living in the proximity when the line was
live?
Ultimately, if the ENGAGE project informs and inspires more
people to use and recognise the amazing resource of the Liverpool Loop Line and
Trans Pennine Trail, this is a positive outcome to this
pilot stage of the project. Please
keep up to date with the progression of the ENGAGE project at www.engagethetrail.co.uk and www.facebook.com/engagethetrail
, or if you would like to make contact email john.callaghan@sthelens.ac.uk
Photographs TL- JC, TR-Radka Dolinska
BL-Tracey Johnson, BR-Ray Price.
