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Celebrating Local and Community History Month:


Cartoon knights with spears stand in a yellow landscape with autumn trees. A castle is in the background under a purple sky.
Tentacle Media (BBC)


Discover the Stories Around You


Every hill, river, town and cave around the UK is rich with hidden histories and community memories waiting to be rediscovered.


With May being Local and Community History Month, it’s the perfect opportunity to dive in to the archives of the past. What better way to tell these stories than through animation.



Earth with eyes looks surprised above a timeline of various animals including a rhino, penguin, and bee on a gray background.
Tentacle Media (BBC)


Scroll-triggered Timeline Animation


Discovering the Past One Decade at a Time


  • Add a scroll-based animation that reveals major local events in your town’s history. From Victorian industrial booms to wartime resilience, local areas have a unique and fascinating perspective.


  • By tracing a timeline, you can understand how your community evolved in to what it is today.



A hand on a map with a yellow compass. Blue book and red pencils to the side. Lines suggest a nautical theme, creating an adventurous mood.
William Smith 'Colours Beneath Your Feet' - Tentacle Media (North Lincolnshire Museum)


Interactive Map


Explore Forgotten Landmarks with an Interactive Map


  • Many of the natural landmarks and buildings you pass everyday have stories attached to them. Some are incredible feats of construction, some are significant meeting grounds for events.


  • With an interactive map animation you can pinpoint and compare what you see now, with what left those echoes in time.



Two animated kids in awe of the terracotta army statues, set against a yellow sky. The scene is lively and colourful.
Tentacle Media x Kino Bino (BBC)


Animated Audio Stories


Bringing Voices from the Past to Life


  • Recreating stories and sounds from the past is an incredibly powerful way to immerse in the history of these lands and the people that occupied them.


  • Recreations, interviews, authentic soundscapes, can all play a part in bringing the past to the modern audience.



Elderly man with scarf and notebook examines large rock formations in a hilly landscape under a pink sky. He looks thoughtful.
William Smith 'Colours Beneath Your Feet' - Tentacle Media (North Lincolnshire Museum)

Join in and learn about how communities evolve, through digital storytelling with creative projects and share local history.


If you’ve got an interesting tale from yesteryear, or have something of historical significance with a story that needs to be told. Let’s have a chat about bringing the past to life!





 
 
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