A little help...

Does anyone have a long-reach drawing set? I've eaten approx. half a kilo of maltesers and I can't reach past my belly...

Xmas

Lots to do, start to get cracking, no xmas for us

Sunday, 11:30 am

Frost, but no pockets...

Relax, the survey is done and dusted...

Dear Surveyors!

Did any of you spot Banksy's cat on site?

I can offer a generous cash prize (10 pence) to the first person who supplies the correct answer to the following qustion:

??? Who is tickling the cat's head?

I'll double the prize money if you can also answer the following:

??? Why?

Crit Requirements Monday 8th December

Survey Topics

Survey Data

I've drawn up some survey info on Photoshop. The file is just over 8MB but you can find it here: http://www.4shared.com/dir/10542865/6bbbed46/sharing.html

Hope it's of some use

Roles for Monday

A day in the life of Calverley Grounds
Felix , cafe owner, introduction - link to next 'I see the groundsman's hear early again'
Dan, Groundsman, link to next 'Here comes a young mum now'
Monica and Roy, young mum and cyclist, link to next 'Two people are looking lost with that map'
Ksenija abd Chris, tourist and dad, link 'I wonder what those two ladies lunching are talking about'
Annie and Jan, ladies wot lunch covering history, link to next 'Here's that lady from the croquet club'
Debbie, croquet player, link to next 'I wonder what those two office workers are talking about'
James and Simon, office workers, link to next 'what are those bloomin teenagers up to now'
Ed and Ana, troublesome teenagers! link to next 'Oh no, theres a police officer'
Janina and Merhdad, link to next 'Time for a cup of tea in the cafe'
Felix to finish off.
Folks
I've changed Ksenija around to talk with Chris as Merhdad is talkig with Janina.
Hope this makes sense to you all. If there are any glaring mistakes/omissions, please post asap!!

Duet

I'm going to do my bit (police) with Mehrdad (council parks' manager). We'll be wearing long black beards and we'll, probably, deliver it as sung couplets, for that extra special touch. I understand we'll have 5 minutes for the two of us.
Till Monday!

Thankyou to Simon for taking the time to ring and explain it to me, it sounds like a good, fun idea and who doesn't love a bit of roleplay, but i'm still a little confused, I understand the idea of interviewing people and then pretending to be them, I think it would potentially be interesting and fun, but I thought the purpose of the theatrical presentation was to provide a summary of the research towards the 'bound document', I am unsure how the interview/ roleplay does this, or have I missed the point of the presentation completely?

Hello all, its seems Monday was an important day for the group presentation discussion. I'm having trouble following the idea, if someone has a minute could they explain in Laymans terms what the proposal/plan is.... Thanks

Bowls

I'll also represent the bowls club.

Presentation 17/11/08

I agree we are fast running out of time to interview the public and prepare the info received. Any other ideas please post and asap.

'allo, 'allo!

I'll do the police + council parks officer, who is in charge of Calv. Ground/Park. If they will care to speak to me, that is.
Update - I've spoken to the police, they have to confirm that somebody will speak to me
I've also spoken to Parks Manager, Jeff Kempster, who will contact me later today.

Presentation - Place & Culture - Roles

As we discussed on Monday these are the roles, so far, for each person :

Kris - young parent; Jan and Annie - Ladies who lunch; Ana and Ed - Teenagers; Ksenija and Mehrdad - Tourists; James and Simon - opinionated workers; Dan - Groundsman and dog-walker; Debbie - Croquet player.

Not every one has a role so they should confirm details of their participation. As Janina pointed out we do not have anyone representing a historian/ librarian or policymaker/ politician or council official or cafe owner or the police or even a bowls player. I'm sure there are other people who have a vested interest in Calverly Park that should be represented too so keep thinking and also nominate yourself for a second role (not you Dan).

The comments you make at the presentation need to be based on factual information including the opinions of the person/ people you represent. You can't make stuff up as it would completely undermine the integrity of the presentation. Good luck with your research.

Presentation format

As far as I can see, problems with this will be getting public to talk on camera. Also the time factor, we only have 2 weeks to get this together during which we have to organise ourselves to get to Calverley, interview people, then edit the information.
Other thoughts/opinions??

Presentation idea

Hi, I thought about Jan's idea and I agree with the principle but not the method. In order to represent thoughts and ideas of people who use/work in CP we have to interview them. I would much prefer to go to CP and interview somebody from the named social groups (OAPs, mums, teenagers, etc), record the interview on tape or camera and then show it as a slide show. I don't think it adds anything if we pretend to be these people. It will be messy and it does not serve any purpose. I fear it will turn into a farce. To convey their views it is best to treat it as a document, not a bad school play. The sound track + photos, or sound track + film is simpler and has the gravity of a document. Photos and sound track are very easy to do in MovieMaker or PowerPoint. I really do not want to dress up as a 12 year old and put on a funny voice! I'm waiting for your comments.

Dear Calverlies,

I did some work on site today: tree hugging. Somebody has to do it and, frankly, it is more fun than annotating tree positions on plan. If Prince Charles can do it, so can I. It took several hours, but I'm now on first-name terms with each of our woody friends.

While I was busy getting thus acquainted with nature, somebody else (yes, one of us) was getting acquainted with somebody else at Carluccio's ... my lips are sealed...

Calverly Park

Hi all,

Further to James' message, I thought I would try to do a post!
I am eagerly awaiting your group presentation in a few weeks time. How are you all getting on? (PS: I am the odd student out who will be joining you for master planning, as I had to cut 3rd Yr short last year)

The group work was incredibly stressful last year. Remember to take lots of deep breaths and put things into perspective. It will all come together and it is only a course...

So, what do you all think about Calverly Park? I was really exited when I made my site visit a little while ago. It was really busy, with lots of happy people and there are some amazing specimen trees there. Tunbridge Wells is a beautiful town as well and probably has quite an interesting history too, SPA town etc. The pantiles and old High Street is quite quaint and attracts lots of wealthy people. Don't know anything about the social statistics, but off the top of my head I would say it is a quite wealthy area.

I would say the park has the potential to be a little gem in the heart of a beautiful town! That's my thoughts for the day. Look forward to seeing you all soon!

Lindis

Welcome All

This should allow all to contribute to the group blog, either by posting your ideas as a new topic or commenting on other group members thoughts or ideas etc.