Deaf Londoners in the 1660s comic, with British Sign Language interpretation (video; learning resource)

This video is a reading of the comic 'Deaf Londoners in the 1660s', with British Sign Language interpretation and subtitles. The comic features the lives of three deaf and hard-of-hearing Londoners from the Restoration period. It is aimed principally at school children (e.g. Key Stage 1 and 2 on the National Curriculum) and designed to aid teaching in Deaf history and the Great Fire of London.  The comic is available online, via the Museum of London's website or figshare.le.ac.uk

The video and comic are part of a set of online learning resources on 'Deaf Londoners in the 1660s' created by the Reimagining the Restoration project. Other material includes a 'Teachers' Guide to Deaf Londoners in the 1660s'. This introduces seventeenth-century Deaf history, along with the research on historical figures and signing that lies behind the comic.

The comic was created by Kate Loveman (Principal Investigator on the project), James Harrod (the project's Learning Manager), and Garen Ewing (illustrator). Interpretation and subtitling for this video are by 'Remark!'. Voiceover is by James Harrod.