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Vauhall Caravan Park ,Great Yarmouth

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Booking in. Anne and Margaret planning their break by themselves, away from sheltered accommodation. The joy of getting family's permission to go alone.

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Daily chores. Breakfast, washing up, hand washing, then deck chairs in the afternoon. Fish and chips and their own Ovaltine before the evening entertainment.

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A cup of tea looking at the promenade. Being by the sea, without the sand on your feet.

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Running for the bus. The drama of a holiday when you're running late.

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A jounery thorough gigs and band albums which plays a positive part in Marvin's life

Ditchburn Place Zines

The Beat Goes On

Marvin's Music.

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Listening to David Bowie in the lounge. Ziggy Stardust, and the imagination it brought.

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Driving out to Duxford to hear Talk Talk live. A hangar the size of a UFO film, and a night Marvin never forgot...

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Reggae. Sly and Robbie, and Aswad live at the Corn Exchange.

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Drawn and produced by David Manuell, director of For The Record CIC.

A patient collaboration with the residents of Ditchburn who gave their warmth and their time in conversation over 2025 and 2026.

Autumn, walking under the trees. Purple for the mood, giant creatures from Massive Attack's Mezzanine, and the Orb's little fluffy clouds overhead.

The process is the process.

Talking things out

I thought I would try some sketching with the word of text.

I have done quite a lot before, but I am still experimenting with this approach. I did not find the approach use from Post Grad gave any joy -it was competent but it relied too much on research and felt quite joyeless. I had used my Dad 's work, short stories but the sketches felt static

I opted to volunteering at Ditchburn and the interactions had the unintended consequeces of having strong influence on the way I develop cohesive thoughts.

The discussions helped take away the overwhelm and decision-making pressure, allowing me to break down the ideas floating around in my head. I remember having a day when my drawings were not going anywhere, but chatting with the people at Ditchburn made the problems feel less overwhelming. It did not make them disappear, but it made them less of an issue and helped me be more patient with myself and the work.

I extended stories I felt had more depth into Art Council bid -Developing My Creative Practice / Research in progress.

Calculating things is quite different when you are using live ideas from a live project . It give you space to be open in you approach and also collabrative in a way you would with a personal project.

I'm better at struturing in time into chunks and doing it one thing at a time and hope that we get the thumbs up for having time to explore and develop the process of creating record on music and CB radios

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We take time to talk out loud and work through it together.