A caravan is set to be transformed into a 'fan's bedroom' plastered with Liverpool supporters' photos and toured across Merseyside.
People will be able to see the nostalgic, footy mad fans' photos as the caravan hits the road this August. Community organisation, The Red Archive, have been awarded £9,995 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch their 'RED Archive Caravan Tour'.
The recently refurbished caravan will be transformed into a ‘fan’s bedroom’ as it travels across Merseyside and will be accompanied by a series of events for everyone to enjoy. Led by fans, The RED Archive have been working on creating an extensive and evocative collection of Liverpool Football Club fans’ personal photos and stories over the last six years.
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The caravan will hit the road during August, September and October 2022 and stop off at various venues, including The Life Rooms, The Florrie, The Greenhouse Project and Merseyside Society for Deaf People. As well as hosting the caravan, each venue will also see a pop-up exhibition and an array of family friendly activities allowing visitors to get hands-on with football heritage.
As part of the tour, Reds fans will be able to record their own memories to add to the archive. The team also hopes to identify a number of fans to take part in more extensive sessions to add their treasured memories and memorabilia to the collection.
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Emma Case, Founder of The RED Archive, said: “It's hard to articulate our joy knowing that we've received this funding. It's been a long journey getting the caravan ready (especially with the pandemic) and the fans have been with us and supported us every step of the way.
"We cannot wait to get the caravan out into the heart of our fan community, to local spaces around the city. To share the archive, to bring fans together and to say a massive thank you to all of them for believing in The RED Archive.”
David Renwick, director, England, North at The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: “Football has proven time and time again that it can bring people of all backgrounds and all ages together. Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, we’re thrilled to be supporting The RED Archive to share the amazing and inspiring heritage of the fans behind the world famous football club.
"The North of England is steeped in sporting heritage and we know it is a great way for communities to connect and find pride of place in their hometowns and cities, that in turn can deliver a host of much wider social and even economic benefits."
The dates for the RED Archive Caravan tour are:
Friday, August 12: Greenhouse Project (Lodge Lane) - as part of the LFC Foundation's 'Big Red Festival'
Sunday, September 18: Merseyside Society for Deaf People
Tuesday, September 20: HMP Liverpool
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The tour will call at the Life Rooms in Walton, Bootle and Belle Vale in October, with a date at The Florrie still to be confirmed.
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