Braunstone project - in pictures

To create their piece about the history of the Braunstone area, Fashioning a City’s Braunstone group spoke to local residents, considered what Braunstone meant to them and visited sites in the local area.
Here are the pictures from the creation of the work.

Participants researched the local area and how it relates to them and the stories they have discovered

The group visited Wharf Street, the site of one of the slums in Leicester which was moved to the Braunstone area when it was established

On a heritage visit to Braunstone Park, the group found a commemorative plaque to the 82nd American Airborne Division who were stationed in the area during WWII

In preparation for creating their performance piece, the group considered the different stories they could tell