ONE year on and the diary entries from over 90 Tamar Valley residents who shared snippets of their daily lives during the month of June 2012 have been collated and archived for all to enjoy.

Diarykeepers captured the imaginations of a wide range of people from 4 to 80 years last summer and organisers from the Tamar Valley AONB's Cordiale project are delighted to share this new resource with everyone.

Hundreds of quotes, from a range of different perspectives, have been captured for all time to show what life was like in the Tamar Valley in 2012.

Simon Bates, Cordiale project officer said: 'Inspired by Joseph Snell's diaries almost 100 years ago, depicting life as a Tamar Valley market gardener, we now have a unique and diverse snapshot of how people go about their daily lives — how they source their food and fuel, the challenges faced with finding and retaining work, what family life is like, their thoughts and worries.'

Diarykeepers organiser Anne-Marie Culhane said: 'What will life be like 100 years from now and what lessons will have been learned from how we live our lives today?

'Diarykeepers has helped me to reflect more on how we and other members of our community live together, and I feel very privileged to have been a part of this moving project.'

The Diarykeepers archive is now available in the Calstock Parish Archive, Tamar Valley Centre, Drakewalls, for all to see, apart from June 24 to 28 when it will be on tour in France for the Cordiale Conference.

The archive includes transcripts of all the diaries, a video and images from the Diarykeepers performance event, selected diary entries from Joseph Snell's June diaries written between 1914-1938 and a composite 'Tamar Valley Diary' from a selection of entries written in 2012.  

The Calstock Parish Archive is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays, noon to 5pm and Thursdays and Fridays 9am to 2pm.

The Cordiale project is a cross channel initiative focusing on managing landscape change in South West England, Brittany and Normandy.