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Wester Hailes Arts for Leisure and Education

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VHS Archive

Welcome to WHALE Arts’ VHS Archive. As the cultural arts organization for Wester Hailes, WHALE Arts has been collecting VHS tapes since the early 1990s. The tapes were digitized by Chris Dooks in 2017 as part of a larger Heritage Lottery Funded project called Wester Hailes: Your Story, Our Story. The project was managed by Meghan Bidwell, Arts Engagement Manager (Adults). Craig Tyrie, Digital Sentinel, supported the development of a dedicated webpage.

The archive is small but interesting and which features community events, news clips and performances. The films can be viewed below or via this website or our YouTube channel.

Since many of these works were intended for small screenings, there was liberal use of copyrighted music in the clips. YouTube’s automatic copyright engine has blocked two of the films since the upload. If you have a particular interest in viewing anything that has become blocked by YouTube, please contact WHALE Arts on info@whalearts.co.uk for a viewing in-situ.

If you have made something featuring WHALE Arts or Wester Hailes on VHS or other formats and you’d like to see it here, please contact info@whalearts.co.uk

WHALE Arts is …

... the cultural anchor organisation for Wester Hailes. We are a community-led arts charity and social enterprise, set up by local people in 1992. Our mission is to be the creative heart of a vibrant, thriving community.

WHALE Arts

30 Westburn Grove,
Edinburgh,
EH14 2SA
0131 458 3267
info@whalearts.co.uk

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WHALE Arts to become one of Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Funded Organisations 

WHALE Arts has been successful in its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. We will be joining the MYF Portfolio for the first time, which this time has seen 251 organisations across the country awarded funding. WHALE Arts CEO Kate Griffin said: Congratulations to our partners who also received funding! Starcatchers, Sistema […]

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