I have always had a keen interest in local history and what shaped the environment around me, this has grown into partaking in a local project The People’s Archive Plymouth. The project is 100% volunteer powered and aims to create a free to use digital archive for Plymouth with artifacts such as scanned historic photographs, voice recordings and documents giving a glimpse into Plymouth’s past. The project was initiated by Rob “Proper Janner” Miles, a local who for a number of years has run the Plymouth History and Plymouth Street Scenes Facebook groups. He grew frustrated at lack of accessibility to Plymouth’s history and in late 2025 teamed up with Plymouth Barbican Trust a local charity who aim to preserve heritage in Plymouth, particularly buildings in the Barbican area and The People’s Archive was born.