Tales from the Riverbank exhibition

The Tales from the Riverbank exhibition is being shown in libraries and other exhibition spaces around the Brecks during 2023-2024. See Swim history project plans and previous events for the latest information on where it can be seen, and read more in Project Updates. You can download the text for all six panels of the exhibition (Word.docx 6 pages). Click on the images for a larger view.

Image of exhibition display panel, which has a dark cyan background, a heading, text, then 3-5 mostly black and white historic images of the activity, and BFER logo. The text can be downloaded from this webpage, including captions for the historic images.
Intro panel: Tales from the Riverbank
Image of exhibition display panel, which has a dark cyan background, a heading, text, then 3-5 mostly black and white historic images of the activity. The text can be downloaded from this webpage, including captions for the historic images.
Swimming 1
Image of exhibition display panel, which has a dark cyan background, a heading, text, then 3-5 mostly black and white historic images of the activity. The text can be downloaded from this webpage, including captions for the historic images.
Swimming 2
Image of exhibition display panel, which has a dark cyan background, a heading, text, then 3-5 mostly black and white historic images of the activity. The text can be downloaded from this webpage, including captions for the historic images.
Boating
Image of exhibition display panel, which has a dark cyan background, a heading, text, then 3-5 mostly black and white historic images of the activity. The text can be downloaded from this webpage, including captions for the historic images.
Riverside Festivals
Image of exhibition display panel, which has a dark cyan background, a heading, text, then 3-5 mostly black and white historic images of the activity. The text can be downloaded from this webpage, including captions for the historic images.
Fishing

The exhibition is complemented by the film also made by young historians at Ancient House Museum with filmmaker Lewis Wickwar, which you can watch on the BFER YouTube channel.

You can see one of the swimming photos that appears in a panel here in a Facebook post by the newspaper, https://www.facebook.com/TandBTimes/photos/a.475858179111794/2108671815830414/

pop-up panel shown within the library, standing to either side of the route through from the front to the back of the library, with the introduction panel first, and others seen further back in the large bookshelf lined room
pop-up panel shown within the library, standing to either side of the route through from the front to the back of the library, with the boating panel on the right and others seen in the distance

Exhibition pop-up panels in Thetford Library. Designed by Kate Plant, printed by Rock Solid Graphics. Each panel is 850 mm wide, 2 m tall, and stands upright.

The project also has some other A1 display panels used at earlier drop in sessions, and one all-weather panel.

leaflet available at exhibition (all text also on this page)

The leaflet that accompanies the exhibition, available to download (PDF, A5)

The exhibition is organised by the Tales from the River project, part of The Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership Scheme (BFER), supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

logos NHLF and BFER

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