One of the fulfilling aspects of working in an Archive is helping with and promoting programmes within the community that it serves. A recent enquiry highlighted this; from Julia Priestley, the Arts Development Officer at West Lothian Council, and Thomas Connelly, Library Manager asking for photographs of Craigshill as source material for a mural.
Craigshill is one of the oldest districts in Livingston, being one of the first areas built when the New Town was created. The mural project involving Arts Services/Community Regeneration entails young people attending a local arts-based youth project Offbeat and working with an experienced public artist to create designs based on life in Craigshill over a period of time. These designs will be applied as large mural pieces by artist Tom Ewing to the exterior of Almondbank Library in Craigshill.
Being a native of Craigshill, I was deputised to look out photographs from our extensive Livingston Development Corporation collection of images. If I'm honest Craigshill wouldn't be described as the most beautiful of areas, but it has and still does have buildings and landmarks that are memorable to those who've lived there.
Hopefully the images supplied, like this photograph of Craigshill fire station training tower,
or of the old Craigshill High School, will provide inspiring enough visual sources to help create a mural worthy of Almondbank Library and the community.
We hope to bring you pictures of the Mural as soon as it is completed.
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