Hopefully soon – we will be able to re-open our Hub in the High Street, Paisley. We’ll be preparing it to be Covid-19 compliant for both our visitors and volunteers. Hope to see you soon and if you want any info. or have any queries please use the form on the Get Involved Page or leave a comment which we’ll respond to in due course.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Julia Campanelli is a New York Film Maker. RWH 1697 helped her with her research. Her screenplay “The Paisley Witches” feature is being developed in Sundance producer's track. She is a Sundance Scholar and Stowe Story Lab recipient. The feature and pilot versions have collectively won 10 Best Screenplay awards including 1st Prize Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, was short-listed by The Black List to become a Finalist for Cinereach Film Fund 2019, is a Semi-Finalist in Slamdance and Atlanta Film Festival, and Screencraft Fellowship and Film Fund.
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Notable Ratings
Coverfly Top 3%
with THE PAISLEY WITCH TRIAL – PILOT
Finalist in
Finalist, Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Season 4
with THE PAISLEY WITCH TRIAL – PILOT
Finalist, The Film Empire's Diversity Mentorship for Screenwriters 2019
with THE PAISLEY WITCH TRIAL – PILOT
Finalist, Filmmatic – Inroads Fellowship 2019
with THE PAISLEY WITCH TRIAL – PILOT
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Second Rounder, ScreenCraft Film Fund 2020
with THE PAISLEY WITCH TRIAL – FEATURE
Her previous works includes "116", a film Julia wrote, directed and produced which screened in over
60 festivals, won 28 awards and premieres Amazon Prime June 2020. "Choose To Love", a music
video Julia directed for the band Exotik Robotz premeires June 2020 with all proceeds going to the
NYC COVID Relief Fund. Julia also broke the gender barrier in USA sports as the first girl to play on a
boys’ high school soccer team. Her team won the league championship the year she played.
RWH 1697 has been taking part in The Tapestry of Renfrewshire working on the panel telling the story of the Witch Trials. The Tapestry tells the story of the Old County of Renfrew that today includes Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire and parts of Glasgow. Please watch space for more details on getting involved in the project when the Creative Hub opens which is currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
For more information on Project can be found at the link below
http://www.renfrewshiretapestry.org.uk/
Lilias Day 2014
6th June 2015 RWH1697 will once again be attending Lilias Day in Kilbarchan. Why not come along and see us in the Parade and visit our stall.
RWH1697 Memorial
On Wednesday 10th June 2015 we saw the 318th aniversary of the 1697 exeuction of 7 people accused of bewitching Christian Shaw.
To mark the Anniversary we unveiling a new Memorial to those found guilty and exectuted. The Memorial was designed and produced by Hey Diddle Doodle for RWH1697 and will compliment the small Shaw Family Tree already on display withing the Heritage and Creative Hub.
The Memorial is now on display in the Heritage & Creative Hub.
The Memorial an smaller Shaw Family Tree were designed and created by Kirsteen Bishop of Hey Diddle Doodle www.heydiddledoodle.co.uk
The RWH1697 Online Boutique is now open on Facebook – check https://www.facebook.com/RWH1697GiftBoutique to see what we have for sale.
Annual General Meeting – tuesday 17th March 2015 3pm
Kilty Kilty, New Street, Paisley. Soft Drinks will be provided.
All Members/ Friends of RWH1697 are welcome and able to vote.
Monte Carlo Rally 2015
RWH1697 Actors will be present at the send off for the Monte Carlo Rally on Wednesday 18th January 2015.
Events kick off from 4pm with the Capital FM Roadshow, along with a variety of entertainment and street performances.
Cars will begin to leave Abbey Close at 6.45pm at 1 minute intervals until approximately 9pm.
We have just published 100 views of Paisley in the 1920’s and 30’s onto our new Heritage Colletion Website.
The slides from the Burgh Sanitation Department may not sound appealing at first glance – but there are some great images of the town! The Slides were donated to RWH1697 by an anonimous donor, who’s father had found them in a skip in the 1950’s or 60’s.
The views can be seen on our new Heritage Collection Website at http://gallery.rwh1697research.co.uk/
If you have any old Glass Slides or images of Paisley or Renfrewshire that you would like to donatate to our archives, they would be most welcome.
These are the dates and topics for our Heritage Walks between October and December 2014
Walk leave the Heritage & Creative Hub at 1.30pm and we aim to return within 2 hours.
13th October. Paisley Witchcraft sites.
20th October. Paisley Canal
27th October. Paisley’s Textile Heritage
3rd November. Paisley witchcraft sites
10th November. Paisley Canal
17th November. Paisley’s Textile Heritage
24th November. Paisley Witchcraft Sites
1st December. Paisley Canal
8th December. Paisley’s Textile Heritage
15th December. Paisley Witchcraft Sites
Walks recommence in February 2015
All walks are run subject to a minimum of 2 customers attending.
Between October and May walks are run subject to weather conditions and may be cancelled at short notice due wind, heavy rain, ice and snow.
