FOR THE RECORD

Farming communities record the foot-and-mouth crisis

Henry Bainbridge, one of the leaders of the UK Hill Farming Initiative. Photograph Don McPhee, The Guardian. Henry Bainbridge, one of the leaders of the UK Hill Farming Initiative.
Photograph Don McPhee, The Guardian.


Make sure your experiences are not lost: describe what actually happened in your own words and pictures, and send it in - For the Record


What is For the Record?

For the Record gives farming people and rural communities a voice - and an opportunity to create a first-hand record of the foot-and-mouth crisis, as it is being experienced by those most involved.

The archive will be built up from the collected records of people from affected areas all over Britain, and will preserve their personal experiences for future generations to learn from.

Support available:

  • If you would like to talk about your project in more detail
    please call the free helpline:

    0800 328 1700

  • If you would like to collaborate with an artist, photographer or writer in making your records we may be able to help - please let us know.

  • Although we may not be able to help everybody, we have a small fund to help farming people with the costs of buying films and processing, video tapes, cassettes, etc.

What kind of records can be sent in?

You can send in anything you like, in any format that can safely be delivered by letter, parcel post, or e-mail. Or call us with your messages, or if you have any questions or want advice about the project.

Written records:
Personal diaries, poems and letters

Images:
Photographs taken on the farm and of the family
Maps and sketches of the farm
Children’s drawings
Video tapes and films

Sound and audio :
Audio cassette or mini disc sound recordings made on the farm
Interviews with neighbours and family members

and more:
Local and national press cuttings about foot and mouth in your area
Records of your animals (photographs ear tags, breeding records, and even names, etc.)
Photocopies of cull lists
Copies of MAFF/DEFRA circulars
Leaflets from the vet
Labels from disinfectant cans

Anything else that you think conveys the experiences of this crisis in your farm or rural community.

Who can take part?

Anyone involved in any way with farming, agriculture, and the rural economy:

People on the land
Farming families
Retired farmers
Farming women's groups
Young Farmers Clubs
The W.I.

From all sectors of farming
Rare breeds
Dairying
Cereal growing
Horticulture

Rural businesses
People employed in the farm auction houses
Nurseries
Vets
Farm tourism and bed and breakfast businesses
Farm contractors
Farm business advisors

and all those indispensable to the rural community :
Teachers, school classes, youth groups, churches, clubs, charities
The people from the post office, the shop, the garage

What happens next?

  • Collect your records (see suggestions)

  • Fill in the registration form overleaf, listing all the items you are sending, and label each item clearly with your full name and address.

  • Please send your records to the For the Record P.O. Box

  • For the Record is an open archive: you may continue sending in your records.

  • In 2002 the project will become part of the National Farming Documentation programme, which will continue to manage the For the Record archive for as long as the farming community wishes to contribute to the project.

How will the records be looked after?

All the materials sent in will be cared for at the archive centre in Clitheroe. Records will be held in a secure place, and protected as confidential. Permission will be sought from contributors before any use is made of For the Record materials for exhibition or research purposes. They can be returned at your request.

Where to send the records:

  • By Mail to:

    For the Record,
    Post Box 72,
    Clitheroe,
    Lancashire BB7 1XA

  • To the dedicated website on www.footandmouthdoc.com

  • Free call line:

    0800 328 1700


For the Record registration form:

Download the Registration form (Microsoft Word format - 22k)
Print, sign and return it with your contributions to:

For the Record
Post Box 72,
Clitheroe,
Lancashire BB7 1XA

for_the_record_registration.doc


For the Record coordinators:

Littoral Arts
42 Lodge Mill Lane,
Turn Village,
Ramsbottom,
Lancashire BL0 0RW.

Tel & Fax: 01706 827 961

e-mail: littoral@btopenworld.com
website: http://www.littoral.org.uk


Northern Rural Partnership
website: http://www.northernrural.co.uk


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