Kris Herbert (Obi’s mum) put QR codes in some areas like the dairy and Albion Square. All of us walked around Lyttelton listening to stories about those places on a speaker. People who grew up in Lyttelton share interesting memories. The first place we went to was the gate of our school. We scanned the QR code on camera and went onto “Our Stories” and listened to the article. Afterwards we left the school grounds and went down to town. Next to Eruption there used to be an old theatre. We searched for the QR code but couldn’t find it, so we just listened to it on the app. After we listened to the story we went to the next location, the dairy. Once again we didn’t find the QR code but either way we still listened to the 2 stories from the dairy and the 1 fish and chip shop one. We went across the road, spotted a QR code and listened to it. We went around the block and back to school. On the way we listened to a story with Clementine in it. Some students from our school were interviewers for the project and next year we will be interviewing even more people. After we crossed the road onto Oxford Street we finally listened to the local legend of the scary person that knocks on your windows, the Goat Man.

Our Stories is an app that you can download for free from the app store. You can listen to stories and articles about the local community and the old childhoods in Lyttelton. It would make a great family activity for the holidays! Try it!

By Willow