Free exhibition with residents' stories, memories and photographs exploring the history of Hull's Orchard Park estate and the former Laxthorpe high-rise.
We are Orchard Park opens at The Orchard Centre on Wednesday 21 October, running through to Friday 23 October, 11am to 4pm each day. It's an exhibition that looks at the history of the Orchard Park estate through the stories, memories and photographs of the people who've lived there, both past and present.
Local arts charity Back to Ours spent the summer working with residents to pull together the estate's real stories, from its beginnings in the 1960s right up to the present day. When it was first planned, Orchard Park was imagined as a modern new community built around the Radburn concept, which kept pedestrians separate from vehicles, created shared green spaces and arranged homes around communal areas. It's a model that later influenced Walt Disney's plans for the Epcot Centre, so there's a bit of unexpected global reach to the way the estate was laid out. The display also tells the story of Laxthorpe, the high-rise that once stood on the estate and was demolished in 2015.
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The project was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund with additional support from Pride in Place Orchard Park, and once the exhibition closes, the material will move to Hull History Centre. It's free to attend and there's no booking required, so you can just drop in. You'll find it at The Orchard Centre, 210 Orchard Park Road, HU6 9BX, open 11am to 4pm on Wednesday 21, Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October.
