Unspun Stories by 509 Arts published on 2025-04-01T14:05:30Z Step into the world of Bradford's late 20th-century textile industry with Unspun Stories. After a successful run in March 2025 at the Loading Bay, Bradford, this immersive digital journey is now available online! This captivating online version blends archive film footage, projections, and soundscapes with audio recordings from textile workers of the 1970’s onwards. Created by 509 Arts and the Colour Foundry in partnership with The Space and Bradford 2025. A huge thank you to the Yorkshire Film Archive and Bradford Museums and Galleries for their media contributions, and the Lost Mills and Ghost Mansions contributors whose stories feature in this piece: Shantaben Mistry, Steve Gregson, Jentilal Mistry, Jaz Oldham, Matloob Hussain, Eileen Mellor, Kate Rawnsley, Abdul Aziz, Abid Hussain, Edo Nannelli. Vocals by Nick Lewis and Mahjabeen Ahad. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Noise 5:20 - Run of the Mill 8:07 - Petals That Interconnect 10:54 - Big Strike 13:21 - Burning for Days About Us: 509 Arts is a Bradford based arts organisation. We work with communities to tell their stories by creating plays, operas and multimedia exhibitions. Topics range from car love, climate change and childhood dreams to stories of cycling, memorable landscapes, devastating floods and growing old in Bradford. See More: Full Unspun Stories playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOgTcqNkPrveQ9VzJ95Lb40cWUauLOTE- To listen to the mp3 tracks via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7148lLrZggR6Qr4PfD7BwW?si=mA9j7k6URwimpsVhNfNyuQ Connect with us: 509 Arts website: https://www.509arts.co.uk/ Lost Mills Learning Zone: https://www.509arts.co.uk/project/lost-mills-ghost-mansions/ 509 Arts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/509artsuk 509 Arts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/509arts/ The Colour Foundry Website: https://www.thecolourfoundry.com/ The Colour Foundry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecolourfoundry #UnspunStories #BradfordTextileIndustry #LMGM #NickLewisMusic #NicolasLewisMusic #509Arts #TheColourFoundry #TheSpaceCIC #BD25 #Bradford2025 #BradfordCityofCulture #YorkshireFilmArchive #BradfordMuseumsAndGalleries Contains tracks Unspun Stories - The Full Soundtrack by 509 Arts published on 2025-04-01T14:05:12Z 01 Memories of Noise by 509 Arts published on 2025-04-01T13:58:46Z 02 Interlude #1 by 509 Arts published on 2025-04-01T13:58:46Z 03 Run of the Mill by 509 Arts published on 2025-04-01T13:58:46Z 04 Petals That Interconnect by 509 Arts published on 2025-04-01T13:58:46Z