Lockdown Diaries project launched by pupils
Secondary school and sixth form pupils are working with their community to produce LockDown Diaries that will be a part of their town's history archive for the future.
The Marches School wants people in and around Oswestry to share their experiences in the online project. And it is working with the town's museum to produce a special exhibition area and Oswestry town council is also getting involved.
In its newly launched website, lockdown-diaries.co.uk/ those behind the project say that 2020 marked a key point in history.
Head boy, James Lowton, said: "For the first time in living memory everything stopped, and families were told to stay in their homes. Normal routines of attending school, meeting people, visiting shops, hugging friends and family couldn’t happen, shops, restaurants, care homes, places of worship – all have had to alter the way they operate.
"The Marches School has adapted to adhere to the new normal and now seeks to connect with and encourage the local community to join with them in creatively reflecting on what Covid 19 has meant to the community of Oswestry and how we can record this for future generations to look back on. The pandemic will form part of history and students will no doubt study what the world is living through now in years to come."
"The pandemic will form part of history and students will no doubt study what the world is living through now in years to come."
