Making Inroads: A story of Putting Down Roots

Using photography and oral history, Making Inroads has been finding out what brings people to live and work on or near Holloway Road, and how they have made it their home. Visit www.makinginroads.org to listen to the participants' stories and see their photographs.

Exhibition

An exhibition of the photographs is being displayed at St Luke's Centre until the end of 2010.

Venue: St. Luke's Centre 90 Central Street London EC1V 8AJ

Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-2pm

The exhibition will be at other venues in the borough in the future.

About the Project

What brings people to settle or work on Holloway Road in north London, and how do they put down roots and make it their home? The Making Inroads project has been finding out.

Since March 2009 a team of oral historians, photographers and volunteers has interviewed 40 people who have come to live and work on or near Holloway Road from another country or another part of the UK. Participants have been photographed with an object that connects them to the place they are from.

The participants come from all over the world and the UK and from all walks of life. A restaurant owner from Ecuador, a tattooist from Kent, a community worker from the West Indies, an urban farmer from Wales and masseur from India are just some of those who have got involved.

The interviews and photographs have been used in a book and exhibition launched on Thursday 24 June 2010 during the Holloway Arts Festival. You can listen to the interviews and see the photos on the Making Inroads website

Making Inroads is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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