Tattoo artist Kyle Cartlidge, whose business is based in the Barracks, and Artist/Curator Siobhan Mcaleer were approached to design an item to give out at the final event. It was agreed that their work would, similarly to the Barracks Songs, appeal to a completely different audience than would usually engage with heritage and the Barracks.
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They decided on the concept of old fashioned Lucky Bags where you had a bag with surprise items in.
Kyle designed a set of temporary tattoo flashes, Barracks stickers and hand drawn portraits of people who had been interviewed about their memories.
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Siobhan painted a series of abstract of building features of the Barracks, that were turned in to sets of postcards, and a hand drawn activity book with puzzles created that related to the Barracks. Each bag was individually made and stitched. 150 bags were packed and given out to the public.
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As well as the original artworks by Kyle and Siobhan, the bags contained the History of the Barracks Book, the Barracks Poems book, a project information leaflet and a Staffordshire Soldier postcard with paints and brushes, that had been given out at the Button Making Workshop for people to paint at home.