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Resources
General Resources
You will need to use a computer, the Internet and a printer.
To complete each session of this webquest you will need a copy of the blank ‘Memory Lane’ booklet. You can download this as a complete booklet. You will need to save a copy of the ‘Memory Lane’ booklet on a disk or on the computer hard drive.
If you want to handwrite the booklet you will need to print a paper copy.
Memory Lane Booklet
You may want images (pictures) to be put into a digital format using a scanner or a digital camera. You may need to use picture editing software.
Sessions
Session 1 Introduction (booklet pages 1 - 3)
Session 2 Family History (booklet pages 4 - 7)
Session 3 My Childhood Home (booklet pages 8 - 10)
Session 4 Meal Times and Washing Clothes (booklet pages 11 - 12)
Session 5 My School (booklet pages 13 - 14)
Session 6 My Religion (booklet page 15)
Session 7 Games I Played (booklet page 16)
Session 8 Celebrations (booklet page 17)
Sessions 9 and 10 optional extension activities (booklet pages 18 - 19)
You may want to customise the booklet by adding some extra pages of your own, for example:
Family Traditions - going for a walk on Boxing Day, the tooth fairy...
Family Events - winning a competition, meeting a celebrity...
Family Sayings - "up the wooden hill to ..."
Family Pets
Family Favourites - songs, books, places to visit...
Family Treasures - recipes, china, an old tablecloth (and include who was the first owner)...
Internet Resources
Please note that all links open a new window. To close the link and return to the Webquest click on the CLOSE button in the top right corner of the web page.
Session 1: Introduction
www.s-gabriel.org/names/christian/fairnames
An interesting account of English first names and surnames in the 16th century. Why was your first name chosen? Are you named after a relative, celebrity or a family friend?
Session 2: Family History
www.freebmd.org.uk
FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
Click on the right to download a FreeBMD worksheet.
FreeBMD worksheet
www.freecen.org.uk
FreeCEN is an ongoing project to make available the 19th century UK census returns (1841 - 1891). This site is continually adding new transcriptions.
www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives, on behalf of HM Government, has made the 1901 Census returns available on the Internet. The 1901 census records the name, age, gender, marital status and occupation for most individuals who were alive on 31st March 1901. People are grouped according to the property they were staying in on census day.
It is possible to search the 1901 census indexes for free. A charge is made for looking at transcribed data or the original documents.
Click on the right to download a 1901 census worksheet.
1901 census worksheet
genforum.genealogy.com
Genforum is a message board where you can read and post genealogical information. The site is split into separate forums for different surnames. Read 'Terms of Service' before using. This site is the property of MyFamily.com.
Session 3: My Childhood Home
www2.walsall.gov.uk/History_Projects/Caldmore/The_Caldmore_House/Default.asp
Explore a Victorian terraced house in Caldmore, Walsall. Read what Walsall residents have said about their childhood homes.
www2.walsall.gov.uk/History_Projects/Caldmore/Caldmore_Area_Housing_Association/Default.asp
Residents' experiences of Walsall housing and slum clearance in the 1960s.
Session 4: Meal Times and Washing Clothes
traditions-uk.freeservers.com/recipes.html
This is a link to a very interesting website of UK traditions created by Dianne Davies. On this page you will find traditional recipes from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
When you are completing your Memory Lane booklet you may want to add an extra page for your own favourite family recipes.
www2.walsall.gov.uk/History_Projects/Women/The_Home/washingClothes.asp
Memories of washing clothes and buying food in the first half of the twentieth century.
Session 5: My School
www.friendsreunited.co.uk
Friends Reunited lets you find old school friends. It's free to search, but you will need to register.
Session 6 My Religion
www.findachurch.co.uk
Information on 34,000 Christian churches.
Session 7 Games I Played
traditions-uk.freeservers.com/play.html
This is another page from the website of UK traditions created by Dianne Davies. It is so important to record the games and rhymes that you played in the streets and playground otherwise they will be forgotten.
Session 8 Celebrations
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Wales-History/WelshChristmas.htm
Welsh Christmas and New Year traditions. Do you remember 'first footing'?
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Resources
www.walsall.gov.uk/localhistorycentre
Walsall Local History Centre, the Archives Service and Local Studies Library for Walsall Metropolitan Borough.
www2.walsall.gov.uk/historyimages
This website shows a selection of photographs from the Walsall Local History Centre collection
www2.walsall.gov.uk/History_Projects/Default.asp
A celebration of individual working class experiences of living in Walsall and a window on the past for younger generations.
www.shercliff.demon.co.uk/WHS
The website of Willenhall History Society.
Black Country Resources
www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure_culture/libraries/archives/workshop/
The ‘Documenting the Workshop of the World’ project will see the digitisation of over 10,000 historic images charting the development of the Industrial Revolution in the Black Country, as well as the cataloguing of a series of archives from businesses across the region.
Please note: A link here does not necessarily constitute a recommendation by Capturing the Past project or Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, who can accept no responsibility for content outside this Webquest.
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