INTRA STORIES.
Throughout 2025, Intra Stories has been working with young people aged 11-18, and our team of trained Digital Archivists, to uncover new stories about the entertainment history of The Old High Street Intra, a space between Chatham and Rochester.
This has been done through a series of:
- Digital camps that included recording oral history from living cultural leaders such as River Medway and Zara Carpenter.
- Scan the Street! workshops that featured 3D scanning of architecture and a story walk with historian Robert Flood.
- visits to Medway Archives and exploring other resources.
From the lively theatres and cinemas to the rich music, punk and LGBTQ+ scenes, what participants captured has been placed into a new online archive. This will now inform the making of commissioned interactive hoardings and ‘zine, that will launch to the public in December.
Janet Moore, CEO says:
Digital technology now offers new ways to engage young people with their local history. Music and theatre are great ways to draw younger generations into exploring further back. We will be looking at recent moments, as well as looking at hundreds of years ago. I’m excited to see what new and diverse stories young people will uncover during this process, adding a new take on the existing body of knowledge of Medway.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Intra Stories is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Postcode Society Trust with partner support from Medway Council, Historic Dockyard Chatham and the Intra Community Trust.
This has been done through a series of:
- Digital camps that included recording oral history from living cultural leaders such as River Medway and Zara Carpenter.
- Scan the Street! workshops that featured 3D scanning of architecture and a story walk with historian Robert Flood.
- visits to Medway Archives and exploring other resources.
From the lively theatres and cinemas to the rich music, punk and LGBTQ+ scenes, what participants captured has been placed into a new online archive. This will now inform the making of commissioned interactive hoardings and ‘zine, that will launch to the public in December.
Janet Moore, CEO says:
Digital technology now offers new ways to engage young people with their local history. Music and theatre are great ways to draw younger generations into exploring further back. We will be looking at recent moments, as well as looking at hundreds of years ago. I’m excited to see what new and diverse stories young people will uncover during this process, adding a new take on the existing body of knowledge of Medway.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Intra Stories is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Postcode Society Trust with partner support from Medway Council, Historic Dockyard Chatham and the Intra Community Trust.
Intra Stories digital artist commissions - up to £15k. Now closed.
Could you bring the entertainment history of Intra to life using animation and augmented reality?
We are inviting expressions of interest for two major digital storytelling projects; in the form of hoardings and a ‘zine that use interactivity to engage younger audiences with local heritage.
Please download the commissioning pack. Deadline is midnight, Sunday 17 August 2025.
We are inviting expressions of interest for two major digital storytelling projects; in the form of hoardings and a ‘zine that use interactivity to engage younger audiences with local heritage.
Please download the commissioning pack. Deadline is midnight, Sunday 17 August 2025.
