Funky Archaeology – The Legacy of Industrial Buildings in the 20th Century.
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 2019-06-20

Understandably, archaeological research and fieldwork on Industrial period sites tends to concentrate on the construction and early uses of such sites. This work allows us to develop an understanding of life, employment, technological advances etc. of the 18th and 19th centuries. But this is not the end of the story, vast numbers of buildings and sites from this period continued in use throughout the 20th century, in fact some are still going strong in the 21st. This paper will consider the legacy of the Industrial period through the buildings that form our last tangible link with that time. Using the Reno nightclub, Hulme as an example, the paper will explore the later uses our Industrial heritage has been put to and what impact that heritage has on current custodians and users.

Sarah Cattell (University of Salford)

TAG Deva 2018 
Session: Steaming Plant or Steam Punk? Researching Industrial Archaeology and Heritage in the 21st Century