Thousands of people across Britain are expected to contribute to a project aiming to create an online archive of a day in the life of the country. The National Trust is encouraging people to record a diary of their day on a website, as part of what is being called “Britain’s biggest blog“.
The blogs will then be stored by the British Library and at other locations. The trust says it will create a “fascinating social history archive” of everyday life for future generations.
Tuesday 17 October has been picked as an “ordinary day much like any other of no particular national significance”.
National Trust director general Fiona Reynolds said: “We want this day to have its own place in history and be a snapshot of everyday life at the beginning of the 21st Century.
And the trust says the emphasis does not have to be on recording exciting events.
Historian Dan Snow said “the minutiae of what as many people as possible got up to on a normal boring day” was actually “quite exciting”.
What an interesting Time Capsule! Something like this should be done annually to provide a gradual, continuous record.
Interesting concept, if anyone would ever have time to read it.
Oh, please change the picture to a Sgt. Pepper era shot.
Thanks,
Dave
I think it’s a great idea. The realities of everyday life are so much more interesting than fiction and would be fun to read. I could write one as well.
******Boarded the train to London this morning. When we got to High Wycombe, the train drivers decided to have a National work stoppage day. I called a Taxi to take me back to Oxford, but none would take me because the distance would cause them to go over their milage to petrol usage allottment for this month and they would be fined more than the fare was worth, and of course they couldn’t charge me more because that would cause them to violate the public service bylaws for fare gouging and that would cause them to be fined and possibly lose their licience. I walked up to High Steet and bought a bicycle, and had to pay a 17.5% VAT tax, plus a 22.5% luxury tax, since the bicycle was inported, plus base price of 175 pounds. I then had to go to the Council office to get a biking permit, cost 25 pounds. I biked home to Oxford, 43 miles and got stopped by a PC for not having an Oxfordshire biking permit and was fined 75 pounds on top of paying another 25 pounds for a new permit. I said ….**oh piss off** to the PC and got arrested for swearing near a child of 12, thus violating the National Child Protection law and had to bail out for 1000 pounds with a trial date for the future. My bike was confiscated as evidence.*******
Yep…..could be some real interesting stuff on there. 🙂