On the 28th July we were invited to a screening of some of the stories from the new Cardiff Story Museum opening in the Hayes in Cardiff in the Autumn. It's always great to go to a screening in a proper cinema and the Atrium provided a great setting.

There were lots of people there, many of whom had come along to see their own stories on the big screen.

The Cardiff Story is a living museum that explores people's relationships with the capital and so the ever hard working Mari has been all over collecting stories which are in turn funny, passionate, revealing and emotional.

GEECS have been involved in the project from the outset and Professor Fyfe's passion for the project was obvious through his introductory speech.

On a personal note, there was a story that really hit a chord with me and revolved around a man who worked on the last day of the last pit to be closed in the Rhondda. The story had a great deal of personal power in it's reflective tone which I'm sure could be echoed by any number of communities in Wales; the loss of industry and the subsequent social and economic implications were something that was happening around me as I was growing up and much more than a day off school because there was no coal to heat the boiler...

The Cardiff Story is opening in the Autumn and will provide facilities for visitors to search and link to the past as well as provide opportunities to watch and create their own stories that can be added to the collection - all in all a great resource and a fantastic way of utilising digital storytelling and personal narrative as a means to help people engage with and understand their history and heritage