Our podcast: The education episode with Zolatec, Mandy Wigby & Caro C - unpacking how and why we facilitate learning to make music the #deliaderbyshireday way, inspired by the heritage of this woman pioneer. Listen on all podcast platforms.
Ever wondered where the Delia Derbyshire and Delia Derbyshire Day archives are kept? Come with us to the Special Collections Room at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social in Manchester, England
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A huge thank you to everyone who celebrated and supported DD Day 2025 this year 🎉
With many thanks to support from National Lottery Heritage Fund and our project partners
🎥 Andrea Pazos
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Happy #DoctorWhoDay and #deliaderbyshireday!
Here’s the 1976 reissue of the 1973 stereo version of Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme; realised by Delia Derbyshire, with assistance from Dick Mills, in 1963.
Manchester people! Relax in a listening pod at Central Library and absorb some #deliaderbyshireday music commissions responding to the #deliaderbyshire & our archives which live at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
💭 DD Day 10th Anniversary Reflections - our education work! Delia acts as inspiration for empowerment via creativity, technology and heritage 🤓🔉
📹: Video clip and project produced in partnership with One Education, Manchester, UK
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Collective artist residency at spirit studios Manchester, England. Background image: 4 Artists sitting in a recording studio discussing ideas. Quote in foreground: “I am happy to say that, as a result of my work on a DD Faay project, I am now a formal artist in residence at FACT Liverpool. I am so happy that the DDD project has unquestionably me to a profession as an artist” (artist feedback)
Two photos of groups of artists, volunteers and project staff. With a quote in the middle from a volunteer:” I am gaining invaluable experience and I do feel proud that I am able to contribute…to keeping Delia’s legacy alive and support a charity that is helping people access invaluable music education.”
In the background/frame: Painter/artist Tracey Zengeni with dark brown skin is in the process of making a colourful swirling live painting. Foreground has a quite from an artist: “a prestigious opportunity to out in my CV. It included valuable reflective practice due to working with the DD Archive and presenting at DWAN event (taking about working with Delia’s archive) which will feed into my practice based PhD.”
💭 DD Day 10th Anniversary Reflections: we’re proud to celebrate a decade of career development opportunities through artist commissions, mentoring, project staff and volunteering… 🤓📋
📷: Shirlaine Forrest & Anna Budrys
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Wordcloud reveal 💭
What Delia Derbyshire Day means to you…Thank you for sharing thoughts⚡
Delia consistently inspires!
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Title at the top: let’s make a word cloud. Child’s colourful notebook about electronic music as the border with words like pow and boom! Then a dark blue square in centre which has text: what does Delia Derbyshire Day mean to you? Text at the bottom: share your words below
Let’s make a wordcloud 💭 On our 10th anniversary working hard as a small charity, we want to hear from you:What does Delia Derbyshire Day mean to you? Comment below 💬 spread the word by sharing this post 🤓Look out for the collective result coming soon!
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A dip in the archives 🤓🗄️
Fancy diving in yourself? The Delia Derbyshire Archive is accessible to the public via the special collections team at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social in Manchester, England📍Check it out!
🎥Film credit: Belle Vue Productions
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Wordcloud reveal 💭
When you think of Delia Derbyshire…Thank you for sharing thoughts⚡Delia consistently inspires!
#deliaderbyshireday #deliaderbyshire #wordcloud #brainstorm
Let’s make a wordcloud 💭
What word comes to mind when you think of Delia Derbyshire?
Comment below 💬and spread the word by sharing this post with a fellow Delia appreciator! 🤓⚡
#deliaderbyshireday #deliaderbyshire #wordcloud #brainstorm
📣 Introducing: Our 2025 Volunteers 📣
This team of 6 amazing young people will curate our Manchester Event 22nd Nov!
They started with Non Violent Communication Training. Check it out if you don’t know it - we think it's awesome for working together 🙌
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“I had a hunch Delia’s archive could be a rich source of inspiration and education…” #deliaderbyshireday instigator & electronic music artist/teacher @carocsound on our 10th anniversary as a registered charity #heritagefund #womeninelectronicmusic #musiccharity #manchesterartists
📢We’re excited to announce our 2025 10th Anniversary Heritage Project 📢 Watch this space for more details! Thanks to UK Heritage Fund and our wonderful partners, @mcrhistories.bsky.social, Manchester Central Library & @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
📸| Andrea Pazos
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Mandy Wigby’s face looking at an angle - happy after a good performance! Text says: “Join me in supporting this fantastic initiative! Having worked with #deliaderbyshireday first hand, I have witness the pure joy & excitement Delia’s music and creativity continues to inspire.”
“Join me in supporting this fantastic initiative! Having worked with #deliaderbyshireday first hand, I have witnessed the pure joy & excitement Delia’s music and creativity continues to inspire.” #manchestermusic legend Mandy Wigby 🔗LINK IN BIO🔗 thank you, we endeavour together ♥️
Hello folks! #deliaderbyshireday has joined the party. Follow us for news of new activities coming soon…🎛️🎶⚡️
A linocut image of Delia Derbyshire standing in front of a rudimentary 1960s electronic musical device that looks like a 1940s telephone exchange unit.
Happy #DeliaDerbyshireDay. She hangs upon our living room wall, which reminds us to only play interesting music. Artwork by the brilliant @matpringle.bsky.social
Should have added #DeliaDerbyshireDay.
I'll get the hang of this social media malarkey one day.
View from above of Side One of the "Circle of Light" LP sitting on the turntable.
Today is #DeliaDerbyshireDay and I'm marking it by listening to this vinyl reissue of "Circle of Light", her other-worldly collaboration with Elsa Stansfield. #electronicmusic
Tomorrow is #DeliaDerbyshireDay, so Stuart Maconie had a commemorative special thing on yesterday's Freak Zone.
Here it is to enjoy in full at your leisure if you missed it or fancy listening again if you didn't.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011s6l
Doctor Who's sonic pioneers to turn internet into giant musical instrument www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/15/doctor... #deliaderbyshireday
