Harcourt Road :   Collecting and Showcasing parallel histories of Community Organising in two streets of the same name In Sheffield and Hong Kong

Laura Blake (Sheffield)

A Welcoming Home Away from Home ...

Interview Date: 6th August , 2024

C: Clara Cheung, G: Gum Cheng, L: Laura Blake

 

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Highlights from the interview:

I: L: Yeah. You know, comparatively short to some mega cities, and if you go, you know, compared to London or also Berlin, but compared to here, yeah, very much. So I think, yeah, the city center is full of buildings the height of the arts tower or taller. So if you're in town, your view is quite quickly blocked. And it's very nice that when you walk around here, you often have these, like, really lovely, like, long views…
C: Because it goes up and down.
G: Do you think you will still keep joining the street party and the other community activities?
L: Yeah, definitely, I really, really enjoy it. I think it's very lovely. I've never lived somewhere where everyone was so willing to also have a street clean every couple of months to make sure that the place we live in stays really nice and stays clean. I think it's really nice to get together, because obviously everyone who lives here has their own jobs and lives, and sometimes you just kind of pass each other. So it's nice to get together and have a chat and we’ll definitely be joining it when we have time and continue hanging out with everyone. Also, the food is always very good. We have a lot of very good cooks on the road to share, to share their food from the different cultural backgrounds that we have. So it's always very nice to get a bit of everything.
II: C: Thank you. Can you help us to describe this Harcourt Road? This street? You’ve lived here for two years, like in a sentence or two, or three?
L: How would I describe Harcourt road? Well, right now it's home, and it's very welcoming. It's a very welcoming home away from home.
 

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Harcourt Road: Collecting and Showcasing parallel histories of Community Organising in two streets of the same name In Sheffield and Hong Kong

Harcourt Road
is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Curated by Bloc Projects.