{"id":2736,"date":"2023-05-12T10:35:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T09:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2023-03-30T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:57:03","slug":"mass-observation-day-12-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2023\/05\/12\/mass-observation-day-12-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Observation Day 12 May"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 12 May, the Mass Observation Archive will be repeating its annual call for day diaries, capturing the everyday lives of people across the UK. The written diaries will be stored in the Archive at The Keep in Brighton and be used by a wide range of people for research, teaching and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In 1937 Mass Observation called for people from all parts of the UK to record everything they did from when they woke up in the morning to when they went to sleep at night on 12 May. This was the day of George VI\u2019s Coronation. The resulting diaries provide a wonderful glimpse into the everyday lives of people across Britain and have become an invaluable resource for those researching countless aspects of the era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project ran until the mid-60s and was then revived in 1981 at the University of Sussex and is today housed at the Keep (a world-class centre for archives) at the University of Sussex. Mass Observation continues to collect the thoughts of its panel of writers through regular questionnaires (known as directives) and is used by students, academics, media researchers and the public for its unique collection of material on everyday life in Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Nella Last was an English housewife who lived in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She wrote a diary for the Mass Observation Archive from 1939 until 1966, <\/sup>making it one of the most substantial diaries held by Mass Observation. Her diary, consisting of around 12 million words, is one of the longest in the English language. The wartime diaries were dramatised by Victoria Wood for ITV in 2006 as Housewife 49, <\/em>which is how she headed her first entry at the age of 49. Wood played the lead role. Her younger son, Clifford, went on to be a famous sculptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in contributing, please visit http:\/\/www.massobs.org.uk\/write-for-us\/12th-may<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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