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TheShorehamCommunityArchive
WendyWalkerCountyArchivist
20September2018
WestSussexRecordOffice• WestSussexRecordOffice
establishedin1946• RecordsManagement
Servicesetupin1969• MovedtoOrchardStreetin
Chichesterin1989• Purpose-builttoBritish
StandardforArchives(BS5454)
• Preservation,cataloguingdigitisation,publicaccess
• Archivesdatingbackover1200years
ArchiveCollections• 5strongrooms;8milesofshelving• Estateandfamilyarchives• CathedralandDiocesanrecords
(DiocesanRecordOffice)• RoyalSussexRegimentalArchive• Recordsoflocalauthorities,
organisations,societies,businesses,schools,hospitals,courts,police,churches
• Paperandparchment,books,maps,plans,photographs,printsanddrawings,oralhistories,films
• Digitalarchivesandmodernmedia
UsingtheArchives• Over5000visitorsayear• On-linecatalogue• Family,localandmilitary
historians• Pupils,teachers,studentsand
academics• Archaeologistsandlandscape
historians• Legal,planningandbusiness
enquiries• Authors• Volunteers• Talks,workshops,exhibitions• Individualresearchand
communitygroups:communityarchives
Partnerships
ralChichesterCathedral
TheShorehamAirshowDisasterAugust2015
• 1950sHawkerHunterjetcrashedontheA27onSaturday22August2015at1.22pm
• 11mendied• Thepilotsurvived:charged
withmanslaughterbygrossnegligence.HighCourtcasebeginsinJan2019
• Inquestadjournedanddelayeduntilthecriminalproceedingshavebeenconcluded
TheShorehamAirshowDisasterAugust2015
• Emergencyservicesmobilisedandonthescene
• ShorehamEmergencyResponseGroupsetupbyWSCCchairedbyCOO;metdailyatnoon
• Multi-disciplinary(Coroner,FireandRescue,Finance,IT,PressOffice,Communities)
• Coroner’sInquestopenedSeptember2015
• AirAccidentInvestigationBranchattendedthescene(finalreportMar2017)
ShorehamAirshowDisaster:CommunityResponse
• CharitableFundSetupthroughtheSussexCommunityFoundation
• BooksofcondolenceopenedbyWSCC,districtcouncilsandlocalchurches
• ShorehamTollbridgebecamethefocusofcommunityremembrance:flowers,messages,tributes
ShorehamCommunityArchive
• Sept2015WSROwereaskedtohelppreservethecommunityarchive
• Officialarchivesdepositedinduecourse
• Arrivedinlargeplasticcrates:manywetandinpoorcondition
• Differentmaterialsandformats:photos,drawings,artwork,CDs,toys,footballshirts,aguitar,plasticcontainers,ribbons,labels
• Localsandvisitors• Communitydecisionandimpetus
ShorehamCommunityArchive:Conservation
• Dryingout• Removingthemould• Separatingthemessages• Removingstaples•
ShorehamCommunityArchive:CataloguingandDigitising• Volunteersworkedwithstaff
tocatalogueanddigitiseover1900messages:– Theformatoftheitem– Whetherthemessagewasfora
specificvictimorvictimsofthecrash
– Whothecardwasfrom(ifknown);anonymousmessagesrecordedasbeingfromanunknownindividual.
– Otherrelevantinformatione.g.wherethemessageincludesapoemorprayer
ShorehamCommunityArchive:CataloguingandDigitising• Messagesencasedinmelinex• Boundintolargebespoke
volumes• OnlinecatalogueavailableAug
2016• Victimsfamiliesconsultedbefore
itwenton-line• Familiesdidnotwanttheimages
ofdirectlypersonalmessageson-line
• TheShorehamCommunityArchiveavailableintheSearchRoom
ShorehamCommunityArchive:Press&Media
• Hugemediainterest• Twopressandmediadays:
– Sep2015– 19Aug2016
• Nofilmingofpersonalmessages• Localpresssuppliedcopiesof
theircoverage• WSCCLibrariescollectedmedia
coverage• VisitofLordLieutenantandroyal
briefing
ShorehamCommunityArchive:Sensitivities
• Familyvisits• Familyconsultation• CDsofmessagesprovided• Emotionalimpactonstaffand
volunteers• Staffandcommunitycohesion• Communityissues
ShorehamCommunityArchive:theFuture
• ‘Isthisanarchive?’• Templateforthefuture:
informationofferedtoCroydonTramDisasterandGrenfell
• Skillssharing,resources• Useforthefuture:PTSDwork;
ongoingfamilyinvolvement• Publicityissuesvpersonal
privacy
TheShorehamCommunityArchive
WendyWalkerCountyArchivist
20September2018
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