{"id":381,"date":"2025-04-01T23:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/?p=381"},"modified":"2025-04-01T23:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:56:02","slug":"our-project-launch-event%f0%9f%8c%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/2025\/04\/01\/our-project-launch-event%f0%9f%8c%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Project &#8216;Launch Event&#8217;\ud83c\udf33"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 22nd, we had the pleasure of hosting our launch event at Newcastle City Library! The event was a huge success and was a lovely opportunity for project leads, volunteers, descendants and everyone interested in BHBG to meet and share their own experiences of the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the afternoon we were lucky enough to welcome &#8216;Phoenix Folk&#8217; and Harry Gallagher who performed a range of music and poetry in reflection and solidarity with those buried at BHBG. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so happy to share with you the collection of music and poetry composed by the amazing &#8216;Phoenix Folk&#8217; in collaboration with BHBG! <a href=\"https:\/\/phoenixfolk.co.uk\/product-category\/book\/\">https:\/\/phoenixfolk.co.uk\/product-category\/book\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at some photos from the event&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250322_154022430.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250322_154031173.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-528\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3072\" height=\"4080\" data-id=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250322_152232227.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2252\" data-id=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/20250322_142337.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-552\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2252\" data-id=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/20250322_144312.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-553\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4030\" height=\"2065\" data-id=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_93474999.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-554\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2252\" height=\"1802\" data-id=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/20250322_1335302.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4624\" height=\"2604\" data-id=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/20250322_133118.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-556\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250322_154048962-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-558\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250322_154126785-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4080\" height=\"3072\" data-id=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ballast-hills\/files\/2025\/03\/PXL_20250322_154159657-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 22nd, we had the pleasure of hosting our launch event at Newcastle City Library! The event was a huge success and was a lovely opportunity for project leads, volunteers, descendants and everyone interested in BHBG to meet and share their own experiences of the site. 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