Story Vault Blog
Hello and welcome to the new StoryVault blog, the official source for updates and information about StoryVault.
StoryVault is a new website giving all of us the chance to preserve the remarkable memories of our friends and families so that future generations can enjoy them and learn from them.
It might be your parent’s memories of their wedding day, which should be preserved for their grandchildren. Or they may have witnessed or taken part in extraordinary events – like the Battle of Britain or the fall of the Berlin Wall. Perhaps you know someone who was at an early concert by The Beatles or lived through the Tsunami.
Most people have a story that would be of interest to future generations.
StoryVault encourages users to interview a friend or family member, usually on video, and to upload the content into the site. You can then mark some content as “private”, accessible only for chosen friends or family, or you can make them available for the wider world. Over the years StoryVault will develop into an invaluable record of your own family’s history, and also as a resource for anyone interested in any historical event.
We hope that StoryVault will become THE PLACE for people from all over the world to share and upload content and for browsing and searching for fascinating never heard before stories.
We intend to use this blog to:
- Provide up to date news and information on StoryVault
- Highlight information about new features and enhancements, both current and future
- Give you a more in-depth look at some of the content uploaded
Additionally we want to hear from you! What do you think of StoryVault? What do you like about the site? Is there something you would like to see added or improved? Tell us!
tellus@storyvault.com
We plan on posting every week so grab the RSS feed or continue to check back for StoryVault blog updates!
So what are you waiting for? Pick up that camera and get recording!
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Operation Mincemeat (aka The Man Who Never Was)
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ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2
John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19
ONBOARD HMS COVENTRY JUST BEFORE ATTACK during Falklands War
After HMS Sheffield was hit during the Falklands War, morale onboard HMS Coventry was down...but only for a bit! Coventry and her crew started preparing for further attacks. Here David Wood who serve
LAST TRAIN OUT OF PRAGUE 1939
Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines is from Prague. She came to England in 1939 as one of nearly 700 Jewish children saved from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker who earned the nickname 'Britain
Secretarial work, typing pools and using the first ever photocopier in the 1950s
Jacki Rogers talks about life during the 1950s training to be a secretary. She recounts her experience learning to type through 'touch type'and going on to work in a busy typing pool. She learned Pitm