An initiative from TRACS supporting communities to shape and share the story of their place

ARBROATH

Led by fieldworker Abbey Craig with Karine Polwart and Sophie Bancroft, the Pathhead project, nestled on the borders of the historic parishes of Crichton, Cranston, and Borthwick, between 2024-2025.

Working alongside a wide network of partners and contact organisations, including Tynewater Primary School and the Pathhead Youth Project, community members participated in a breadth of action research, including:

• Facebook page

• oral history interviews

• exploring books on local history and photographic record

• story gathering cafes

• story gathering boxes

• school workshops on maps & land use including map making

• community cafe in the primary school,

• youth project animation and film workshop

The Arbroath project culminated with creative outputs that engaged members across the community including:

• triptych art installation with Participate Art Group

• documentary with How It Felt sharing past and current student experiences at the former Old Inverbrothock School and current Inverbrothock primary school

• Arbroath-specific playground games

• local geology pamphlet with Stories of Stone

• community gathering with project highlights and performances