Historic England commission for Mooch

Mooch is delighted to be chosen by Historic England as one of the 5 creatives working on the Connect Commissions as part of the HSHAZ nationwide scheme to secure lasting improvements to our historic high street for the communities who use them.  Connect is part of the Cultural Programme, the core values of which are to be: Local, Inclusive, Quality, Co-created, Responsible and Integrated. The project is designed to creatively bring together distant HSHAZs that share the same hopes and challenges.

Our Model High Street is the working title for the Mooch project which will link the seaside resort towns of Ramsgate in Kent and Ryde on the Isle of Wight.  The project will create a scaled version of key buildings in both high streets and invite residents to re-imagine and design their own versions of these building facades for display in an exhibition in the towns over the Summer season.  Participants and visitors to the displays can study and appreciate the characteristics of the 2 towns and share a sense of being a part of this HSHAZ big idea.  Mooch is delighted to be working on this project with Dan Thompson, artist, writer and founder of the Empty Shops Network.

Vintage postcard of a long gone model village in Ramsgate.