HOME. A community engagement project funded by Parkhead Housing Association and the Townscape Heritage Initiative on the theme of HOME as part of PHA’s 40th Anniversary and the completion of the Parkhead Cross regeneration. Parkhead residents were welcomed to take part in this social history project- bringing objects to the museum that represented ‘home’ to them. We carried out 9 sessions; 3 community drop-in sessions and 6 bookable slots for local charities and organisations.
“Most of my life, I’ve lived within smelling distance of the McVitie’s biscuit factory.”
“It’s her’s. It’s one of these heavy things I’ve carted about for her. I’ve put it in the boot of the car every time we’ve moved house.”
“I bake for my family.”
“The Harry Potter World feels like home, because no matter where I am it’s always there.”
“My phone keeps me out of trouble.”
“On our son’s first birthday, he saw balloons in the garden. Obviously, he parks right outside and plays the happy birthday tune.”
“It was made for her and I think it is where she is most settled.”
“I’m proud he’s such a good dad.”
“Lying on the rug on Sunday nights playing bananagrams.”
“Cariadean.” // “Friends.” in Scottish Gaelic.
“I trust my home now. I can bring others into that trusted place, which is beautiful.”
“I’ve had her since I was born. I used to chew on her horn when I was teething.”
“There are places I feel called to live in. I saw this broken bottle today and thought, ye, ‘follow the broken pieces’.”
“I don’t like kitsch things, but I like this. The feeling of home is not always something you can control. It’s where you happen to be, who happens to be there with you, what that happens to feel like.”
“Friendship made me feel at home.”
“Our ice-cream van man knows our names and he knows Friday is our ice-cream day.”
“It’s better than I imagined.”
“She’s no here anymore. But I remember we always used to clean her fireplace and play with the stones on it.”
“I feel quite awkward asking people to help. But I have my go-to people.”
“She chose our home. It would not be the same without her.”
“She was born at home!”
“Since coming here 14 years ago, they’ve been my best friends.”
“Comfort.”
“Out of all the difficulties in my life, I’ve learned that no matter what is going on the day can be amazing.”
“DINOSAURS!”
“I goes to my sister, ‘Do you love me?’ and she says yes, so I ask her to go and get my charger then. She says “I don’t love you that much!’”
“It holds so many of the important things.”
“Messages from all the people who love me most.”
“I got it from my auntie on my eleventh birthday. She’s written inside. Even at eleven, it was all ‘You’re going to be a domestic goddess.’. But you can see. I’ve hardly used it.”
“I would put #respect because I respect that she’s had a hard time and she doesn’t understand us.”
“Other people come to my house and they share tea with me and sit at my table. They have their cup and I have mine and they share their stories while I’m able to say, ‘I understand’.”
“It’s biodegradable and will decompose in 4 years, rather than 400!”
