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Mass Observation 6 May & 12 May

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FarNorth Sat 06-May-23 09:07:01

"In addition to the Coronation Project 2023, the Mass Observation Archive will be repeating its national call for day diaries, capturing the everyday lives of people across the UK. This will mark the 13th year of 12 May national diary day.

In 1937, Mass Observation first 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’s Coronation. The resulting diaries provide a wonderful glimpse into the everyday lives of people across Britain. They have become an invaluable national resource for those researching countless aspects of the era.

It will be interesting to see how our lives have changed in 2023. People of all ages from across the UK are all welcome to take part to help Mass Observation record our lives today.

The diaries will be stored in the Archive at The Keep in Sussex and be used by a wide range of people for research, teaching and learning, now and in the future.

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FarNorth Sat 06-May-23 09:04:29

The Mass Observation Society would like to know what people are doing on 6/7/8th May 2023 and 12 May 2023.

Info here -

www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/60395

"We are inviting people to observe and record any activities or events in their local area, so we can piece together a picture of the country as it commemorates the Coronation of King Charles III. Alongside this national call, Mass Observation will be sending a mobile unit of observers to London specifically to record events as they take place.

To take part, people can observe and record events in their local area over the bank holiday weekend. Their account can be written in any style and include drawings and photographs. They can also record any plans or preparations for the following events, which may include;

6 May Coronation of King Charles III
7 May Coronation Big Lunch, will see parties and community lunches held in streets, gardens, parks and public spaces across the country.
8 May Big Help Out, intended to create a lasting legacy of the coronation weekend with people encouraged to spend a day volunteering in their communities.

These accounts will inform research and teaching activities and be kept alongside Mass Observation’s records of royal events from 1937 onwards and provide an invaluable record of this historic occasion for future generations.

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