Hello. Sorry it’s been so long. I’ve been incredibly busy for RTC since the launch of the education pack, but there hasn’t really been very much to tell you all. Now, on my last day working on the Atching Tan project, there’s some news to report and some goodbyes to say.

Since the education pack launched, I’ve been working on preparing everything that the Atching Tan project has produced over the past two years – from the education pack through to press releases – for archiving with Cambridge Records Office. My office has been swamped with pieces of paper, CDs, and cables. It’s been a feat of organisation, but it’s just about done.

However, it hasn’t all be administration! I’ve also been assisting not one, but two museums as they prepare exhibitions that feature the Gypsy, Romany, Traveller community. Both the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket and the Cambridge and County Folk Museum will be using materials produced by RTC, including the education pack and some of the reminiscence recordings.

MEAL will be hosting a brand new Gypsy, Romany, Traveller room, whilst the Folk Museum is opening its Missing Pieces exhibition, which looks at communities resident in Cambridge that haven’t had much of a look-in across the museum. Missing Pieces opens next week, but you’ll have to wait a while yet for the dedicated room at MEAL, I’m afraid! These are both going to be fabulous exhibitions, and when they’re up and running, I recommend that you pay them a visit.

As for me and Atching Tan, it has been a pleasure and a privilege. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some dedicated and inspiring people and I’ve been involved in a project that I really hope will make a difference. I’ve learned new things and I hope that I’ve helped other people to learn new things, too.

So now I’m moving on. I’ve a very exciting project lined up that should keep me occupied for a while, but before I start on that I’ve a holiday with my family to enjoy.

I’ll be seeing you around the intergoogles, though, I’m sure.

Take care of yourselves. I hope that you’ve enjoyed this ride as much as I have,

– Daniela