The Folklore Network
The Folklore Museums Network is proud to link up with The Folklore Network, which comprises the fantastic Folklore Podcast and Folklore Library & Archive. These organisations are at the forefront of disseminating knowledge about folklore, as well as collecting and preserving folklore material for future generations. To find out more, and to view content made by other members of the network, go to: Folklore Network (thefolklorepodcast.com)
Members Area
To facilitate networking, some of our members wish to share their details publicly:
Bethan Holdridge
Assistant Curator of Social History for Norfolk Museums Service based at Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell and Strangers’ Hall Museum. Also morris dancer and musician actively participating in many folk traditions. @SundancerBethan bethan.holdridge@norfolk.gov.uk
Anna Grinev
Anna Grinev (anna.grinev@gmail.com)
By day, a Museums and Galleries Masters Student with aspirations to
work in the museum field to promote hidden stories. By night, an
amateur artist and writer using folklore to enrich their works.
ROSE NICHOLSON
I’m Heritage Manager for North Lincolnshire Museums, which includes North Lincolnshire Museum and Normanby Hall Country Park. The museums holds extensive collections covering the history of the area from geological origins to modern day. The Folklore collections include two important archives: the Rudkin and Peacock collections. There is also material related to local traditions such as the Haxey Hood and Plough Jags, and holdings of local archaeological material related to religion and ritual. All of the collections team have a keen interest in folklore and interpreting this material for our audiences. Recent temporary exhibitions have included the Coleby Plough Jags: A Living Tradition and Saints Sinners: Religion and Ritual in Medieval North Lincolnshire.
Rose.Nicholson@northlincs.gov.uk @RH_Nicholson
Diane A. Rodgers
Diane A. Rodgers - d.rodgers@shu.ac.uk @dianearodgers
Co-founder of the Centre for Contemporary Legend and Senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. My research interest interests are in the communication of folklore in the media and popular culture, particularly film and television. My PhD study focuses on 'wyrd' British television of the 1970s, such as the BBC Ghost Story for Christmas series, Children of the Stones, public information films and the television drama of Nigel Kneale.