Fish and chips and migration

 

My wife went to Margate last weekend and got me this postcard from Turner Contemporary, as she knew I'd been working on a resource based around Fish and Chips. She was there to see Nile Rodgers and Chic do a gig at Dreamland.

The postcard features an instantly recognisable drawing by the illustrator Olivier Kugler.

It shows the global spread of Fish and Chips.

It relates to a commission for some art to be placed in 2021.

The background:

The commission shares everyday stories of migration connected to Kent’s most celebrated high street food.

For the ‘Kent Fish & Chips’ Project Kugler and Humphreys have interviewed owners, staff and customers at Fish & Chips shops across Kent. Migration and displacement are central themes.

Fish & chips can be traced back to Huguenot and Jewish arrivals in the UK and people from all over the world continue to be central to the farming and fishing industries and the high street shops.

Featured Fish & Chip shop owners are:

Beach Buoys, Margate: Nadine and Simon Morriss
Best Fish & Chips, Tankerton, Whitstable: Elvan Bodur
Ossie’s Fish & Chips, Canterbury: Ramazan Altun
Reliance Fish Restaurant, Gravesend: Jack Kamenou
Walmer Fish & Chips: Giancarlo and Carolina

The artwork was exhibited on Turner Contemporary’s terrace (16th June- 26th September 2021) as the central part of the Kent Fish & Chips Project.

You can see the various artworks on this website here.

I've captured these while I can to think about doing something similar with my own school in the new academic year around our work on food, I can see this would have some cross-curricular interest.

Hunstanton South Beach regeneration

Wayne Hemingway has been involved in a number of regeneration projects over the years, including a flat block in King's Lynn. He has now been asked to get involved in the South Beach area of Hunstanton: an area I know well.
A consultation questionnaire is currently live on the Hemingway Design website (where you can see other projects they are, or have been, involved in)

We have also visited this area each year with Year 7s, to explore what makes Hunstanton a special place.
The South beach is the area south from the Green. Year 7s will be familiar with this area.

Hunstanton is a unique place with a distinctive character and rich Victorian heritage. The aim of the redevelopment is to enhance the seaside resort by re-enlivening its leisure and tourist attractions and restore its once-strong personality. This could be a driver of really positive change for the town, its economy, culture and profile and for us do this we would like your help.



Image copyright: https://www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/hunstanton-south-beach/  

An online portal is open for the next couple of weeks.

Worth a look from those planning their NEA or exploring coastal change.

Dress appropriately...

Forecast has improved on earlier in the week, but could still be a bit damp....

 

Seaside resort survey

For Year 7 in particular, but any KEJ pupil also welcome to add their ideas...

Beside the Seaside

Year 7 will be heading for Hunstanton for a joint Ecology / Geography trip in mid-June.
In advance of this, I asked people on Twitter and by e-mail to tell me their favourite resorts and why.

Thanks to all who responded with their favourite UK Seaside Resort to a vote that I added to various social media at the weekend.
The 'winner' of the popular vote from 93 people who replied was Brighton

'Runners-up' were Southwold, Cromer and Whitby.

Hopefully over half term, we'll get the chance to visit some of them.

Here's a word cloud of the reasons why they were the favourites - as voted by adults...

What about students though?

KEJ pupils who e-mail me their favourite UK Seaside Resort and a reason why will receive 2 merits.