Items in RED are public events and are open to everyone.
June
Sunday 24th, Boak family guests of honour at Giants v London Broncos
Sunday 24th, 4pm, World War I Trail of York
July
Friday 6th, Oral History Training, Meeting Room, The Zone; ten volunteers trained in oral history techniques and technologies
Wednesday 11th, 2.15pm, Fantastic Media Suite; BH presenting PowerPoint about heritage project to Senior Supporters Association
Thursday 12th, Oral History Training, Meeting Room, The Zone; ten volunteers trained in oral history techniques and technologies
Sunday 22nd, Giants v Wakefield Trinity, possible 50th anniversary celebration match of 1962 Challenge Cup and Championship finals
Saturday 30th, University of Huddersfield; ‘Sound, Craft, Vision and Place’, community heritage initiative being run by University of Huddersfield and Heritage Lottery Fund; BH displaying banners and memorabilia and talking about heritage project and sport in the academic curriculum; DT talking about using the Rugby League Archive
Tuesday 31st or Wednesday 1st August, Oral History Training top-up half day, 10am till 1pm
August
Wednesday 1st, interviewing at Giants Senior Supporters Association monthly meeting, 2 till 4pm
Wednesday 15th, Steering Group Meeting, 7pm at The Zone
Monday 20th : DG, KB and BH talking to Huddersfield Civic Society at the Rugby League Heritage Centre, 7pm
Tuesday 21st : BH meeting Community Education Officer of National Coal Mining Museum to find out about their Reminiscence Boxes
Wednesday 22nd: BH meeting Jenny Salton at Tolson Museum to discuss next year’s exhibition and exhibition launch arrangements
Wednesday 22nd: BH and DG meeting Code Blue to design two project banners
August, date to be arranged: BH to meet Martin Gonzales and two of his Kirklees colleagues to discuss World Cup Trophy Tour launch and World Cup International Conference
Friday 31st : BH and KG visit to Carlisle with Catherine Boak to interview Bill Boak
Friday 31st : DC meeting with Fluid web design company re project website
September
Wednesday 5th: Senior Giants’ monthly meeting (oral history interviewing of Keith Burhouse, Jean Horne, Janet Blackburn and ‘Neil’ by Laurence Brammer, Jonathan Morris, Dave Smith and Howard Taylor)
September 6th, 10th: two Archive Training days with West Yorkshire Archive Service
Week beginning 10th: BH and Steve Kelly (Vox Pops) to meet Rachel Brennan (teacher at Scholes Junior School) to discuss oral history training schools writing and art competitions children’s drama as part of Rugby League World Cup 2013 Trophy Tour Launch
Monday 17th : West Yorkshire Archive Service Community Archive Conference
Wednesday 19th: Heritage Project Steering Group Meeting at The Zone
September, date to be arranged: York World War I trail launch
Thursday 20th: National Football Museum, Manchester; heritage project to display banners and memorabilia at Sports Heritage Network Symposium
Monday 24th : Underbank ARLFC AGM - DG talking about project’s oral interviewing, memorabilia collections and exhibitions, collecting names and addresses
Tuesday 25th , invitation to interview Graham Buckley at his home in Meltham (ex-Emley, Milnsbridge and Paddock ARLFCs, and the Giants’ mascot), and to scan/catalogue his memorabilia which includes old shirts, scrap books and photos (BH and TJ to attend)
October
Week beginning Monday 1st, memorabilia and digitisation half day at The Zone, trainees to be contacted and date and time to be arranged
Wednesday 3rd, interviewing at Giants Senior Supporters Association monthly meeting, 2 till 4.30pm (interviewees Phil Fletcher; Alan Winpenny; Malcolm Boothroyd; Keith Burhouse; interviewers Laurence Brammer, Brian Sanderson; Jacqui Harrison; Graham Sykes)
Monday 8th, 1.00pm till 4.30pm, for our first cataloging and scanning session.
Tuesday 9th , 1.30 - 5pm World Cup Trophy Tour launch from George Hotel, unveiling of George Hotel plaque and ‘The Birth of Rugby League’ vignette by Y5 & Y6 children from Scholes J & I School
Wednesday 10th, Scholes J & I School first oral history training session
Wednesday 17th, 10am BH and DT meeting at Tolson Museum to discuss technical side of display and to view museum’s rugby league collection
Wednesday 17th, afternoon, DT or Martin Calvert interview at Scholes J & I School
Wednesday 24th, afternoon, DT or Martin Calvert interview at Scholes J & I School
Tuesday 30th , 7pm at The Zone, Steering Group Meeting
November
Wednesday 7th, interviewing at Giants Senior Supporters Association monthly meeting, 2 till 4pm
Monday 12th, 7.30pm, Huddersfield Town Hall, Professor Tony Collins speaking to Huddersfield Local History Society on ‘1895 and All That: The Birth of Rugby League’
December
Wednesday 5th, interviewing at Giants Senior Supporters Association monthly meeting, 2 till 4pm.
