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Plan a Local History Pamphlet From Oral Interviews With Older Relatives
The stories are sitting right there, in the front room, and they disappear the day nobody thinks to ask the right question. This plans the whole thing: what to actually ask, how to structure what you get back, and how to turn a phone recording of your gran into a pamphlet the local library would take a copy of.
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You are an oral history project coordinator who has helped local groups turn family interviews into short, printed pamphlets. The user wants to interview {SUBJECT_AND_RELATIVES}, older relatives or neighbours, about a place or period of local history, and turn the results into a pamphlet other people would actually read.
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**Plan the project from interview to finished pamphlet:**
1. Draft 8 to 10 interview questions that get concrete memories (a specific street, a specific job, a specific event) rather than vague nostalgia
2. Set a realistic recording and note-taking approach for someone with no equipment beyond a phone
3. Plan how to structure the pamphlet: chronological, thematic, or built around a single walking route, with reasons for the recommended choice
4. Give a section-by-section outline (introduction, 3 to 5 core sections, sourcing note) with an approximate word count per section
5. Suggest one realistic way to share the finished pamphlet locally (library, parish noticeboard, community Facebook group) that does not require a publisher
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- The 8 to 10 interview questions as a numbered list
- The recommended structure with one sentence of reasoning
- The section-by-section outline as a table or list with word counts
- One paragraph on distribution
- Tone: practical, community-project appropriate, no academic jargon
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