First blog update in a while. Apologies for that, but have had a busy old time of it. Some new things to try and learn in the past week, juggling many things at the same time.
If you’ve read my previous blogs, you will already know that I’m part of a small group of people with an aim to turn Cumbernauld House into a Development Trust project. We are still recruiting support at our Facebook group and trying to get as many signatures on our petition too. But this week saw our attempts at registering as a charity take some further steps. We registered “Cumbernauld House Trust Ltd” and I became a Company Secretary! This is a company limited by guarantee which is needed as a bolt on to the back of the charity. Some scary and important things to learn but enjoying the challenge.
Then there’s other ongoing learning. I have used photoshop, dreamweaver and website templates for years now, but never really mastered them. I get by. So I’ve started making attempts at learning the full capability of these types of applications. Working on making the Cumbernauld House Trust website something engaging and exciting. At the moment, it serves a purpose, but does need to be more interactive and informative without so much of it being text. Nice animations, engaging timelines, more video/music content and space for everyone who has an interest in the house and the history to contribute are all aspects of the website I’d like to be offering to users very soon. But for the time being, it’s a functional site, giving a little bit of information.
As if that wasn’t enough learning, I’ve also found a real passion for local history. I’m blaming that on me feeling quite old. The older I feel the more I want to hold on to my own memories and history within my lifetime. As a result, I’ve found even more interesting things from way before I was born. I even took a trip down to my local Archives and found some interesting bits about Cumbernauld House and the history of the surrounding farms, houses, railways and mining. Really interesting things to be found when you start looking (although I’m maybe not selling it as an exciting thing, it really is). We hope that we will have the skills soon to convert the findings we have made into something of interest through our website, but always on the lookout for any free help with design and coding of these types of things. Get in touch at webmaster@cumbernauldhousetrust.org.uk is this is something you are able to assist with.
Now, I need to go and “learn” some new songs for the weddings gigs I have coming up soon. Thanks for reading, and feel free to add your comments below.
