'One Chapel, Many Voices' 2019 Exhibition

Between May - September 2019 the New Room displayed an exhibition of oral histories in the chapel. The exhibition was curated by University student Annie who spent her internship year at the New Room. The stories shared in the exhibition range from early childhood memories, family stories of living in the flat, memories of special events and services held at the New Room and various developments of the building including greening the Broadmead courtyard and the recent Horsefair Project that concluded in 2017.

All of the material is stored in the archive at the New Room, including the full-length interviews with each person as well as all of the transcripts of the audio recordings. If you would like to listen to any of the interviews in full or find out more about the oral history project, please make an appointment with Kate Rogers, Collections Manager, collections@newroombristol.org.uk or call 0117 9264740.