1) collecting stories from older residents in Pennants District - this may best be supported by Dr Kirt Henry and the Jamaica Memory Bank - these stories will be of great interest to people in Wales as they share the reality of folks who may be the descendants of the Pennants family’s enslaved workforce.
2) exploring the Tenants Strike and Robert Rumble’s story - with Heritage signing by his refurbished grave - this story will again have great resonance to the people in North Wales, where their slate quarrying ancestors went on strike a little earlier, but also against Lord Penrhyn.
Prof Bogues has been able to give us some support as he met and interviewed Robert Rumble.
3) remembering the people enslaved and working on the Pennant family plantations - Prof Celia Naylor came to speak to our Black History Conversations about her research into the enslaved workers on the Rose Hall plantation, and this co-incided with the release by Bangor University Archive online of some of the Penrhyn Papers collection listing the names and roles of enslaved workers
NWJS Community Researcher, Lesley Evans has done amazing work in Bangor University Archives listing the names of all the enslaved workers - so these can be memorialised.
4) developing ideas for a Library / Heritage Centre in Pennants, which the community will benefit from as their branch library is now closed, we may be able to access funding to support this. This would also be of interest to visitors wanting to understand more about the island’s heritage.
