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Slide 2 Students as Partners: Drakes Place Audio Trail Students: Rob Doneux & Louis Brzozka Staff: Paola Simoneschi & Win Scutt, Drakes Place Project 29 May 2012 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Drakes Place Project Milestones 31 August 2012 deadline to submit bid to Heritage Lottery Fund December 2012 Heritage Lottery Fund announces successful bids Jan-April 2013 Preparation of specifications and tenders MayDec 2013 Construction and planting 2014 5 year Activity Plan Slide 6 The Audio Trail Twelve locations 1.Drakes Leat and the story of Drake (where the leat enters the reservoir on the west) 2.The Old Town Street Conduit (on North Hill) 3.The Morshead Conduit (below Tower) 4.The Colonnade (either end) 5.The Reservoir (outside caf) 6.The Duel 7.Drakes Place Mills and the story of George Frean (by Cascade) 8.The 1891 Gardens (anywhere in the gardens) and perhaps the Tower 9.The WWII fire hydrant pipes (NE corner of reservoir) with reminiscences 10.The 20 th century gardens reminiscences of the fountains 11.Wildlife (north of caf) 12.The Plant Hunters (in Gardens) Slide 7 Audio Trail Treatment Performance, using actors Sound effects Historical narratives Reminiscences from local people Interviews with wildlife experts Sample Slide 8 Slide 9 Technology Sound files downloadable from website with map App for Android downloadable from website MP3 players, with sound-files and map, available to borrow on-site Headphones with splitters to allow schoolchildren to listen in pairs