Understanding heritage in Carrington

The first stage of understanding the heritage of Carrington was to produce an imaginary map of how Carrington was, using various sources to compile a map the various buildings and developments through the 1900s. This map was drawn in the same style as the imaginary map produced in the initial phase (2016) and was used at the public consultation as a comparison to spark discussion and conversations. Many of the buildings on the historic map had been demolished, however there was still a large number of the buildings that were not included on the imaginary map – this suggested that the older buildings, were not necessarily deemed significant, or in the memory of the participants of that who contributed to drawing the imaginary map. Again, this questions notions of heritage and what is significant to people. 

Carrington map 'How it was' compared with 'How we see it' taken on the day of the public consutlation

A blank monopoly board was created. This board had the colours but no properties on them. The Monopoly Cards had some photos of the buildings deemed significant in Carrington. The aim of this was to allow people (in a fun way) to place an emotional value on the properties. By placing the card anywhere along the scale (from brown, usually the ‘cheaper’ properties, through to the more expensive navy blue properties) to indicate how much value they place on the buildings. To differentiate between monetary value and emotional connection, the currency symbol that was used was a love heart shape.

This seemed to work particularly well. There were many people engaging with the board having their say of how valuable a building was to them. 

Understanding how we value buildings through the use of the Carrington Monopoly Board - photo taken on the day of the public consultation

The Carrington Monopoly board with cards placed on it - photos taken on the day of the public consultation