About the Project - Launching the Project
After the workshop, the designs for the panels were completed and the text for the sound recording improved. The recordings were further edited and then recorded at Galloway's sound studio. The results were then presented to a small group at Galloway's for their approval. In December 2007, the designs for the panels were then sent off for manufacture and the final recordings made. The panels have now been installed by British Waterways and the official launch was on 15th April, 2008.
The launch of the project was a part of a second residential weekend at Lancashire College in Chorley which brought people together to refresh themselves about the history of the canals, clog making, canal art and its local designs to particular areas. The audio description of the walk and signage that had been decided upon were demonstrated on the first evening.
Matthew Corbett launched the project, the weather enhanced our walk along the canal where people could listen to the area being described, the lock working, water rushing, bird song and history of where and how the horse drawn barges worked taking cargo to and from the mills and other industrial areas. Tactile signage along the walk described how the lock worked with the boat moving into the lock, the water draining and moving out to higher or lower part of the canal.
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The following day, members of Galloway's and the L&LC Society will walked from Greenberfield to Salterforth to consider a second sound guide. Signage for this walk had already been ordered, following the pattern of the Johnsons Hillock panels, but this time funded by West Craven Together. The sound files will be improved following discussion with those participating, and these will also be available, with their accompanying text files, on Galloway's website. A leaflet describing both walks has been produced as part of this project to make it accessible to all sections of the public so that people can enjoy the work of bringing alive the canal by people who have written through voice hearing, touching and feeling the ambience of their heritage.
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