John filmed the excavation, marquee celebration, and Whitworth colonisation. He films our Thursday's 2 hours sessions which I break up into these short films I post each weekday. He'll document our residency. And film our new memoirs where we get to hear about Manchester around the time of our 1950s…

It's beginning to work folks. Carmen: 'With Sean, he's part of the establishment, if you like, so to open up to get to know him, it felt like he's one of us now – he knows where we're coming from, but we've had an insight into where he's coming from. A totally different life from any of us.'

Continuing our journey of learning to listen ready for when we collect memoirs from the era of our birth, we practise on people we know nothing about. 66 year old Jeff Bassey interviews 31 year old Sean Clarke. We feedback on Jeff's technique. And Sean's reveals.

Suddenly the project makes sense to me. Since October, weekly, me and the Reno 12 have been excavating, as Carmen says, our soul. Through that and monthly artist meetings we came up with our resurrected Reno to excavate below our story. We've worked out the practicalities of our gallery workshop space.…

Phil and Brian get a bit heated. Our last few minutes with Kamila from i-D magazine. Thanks Kamila.

Little does Brian know he is in grave danger. Hahahaha. I'll show you the result tomorrow night. But you won't get it if you don't watch tonight's video. Kamila from i-D mag is still with us. Her question is the spark. #excavatingthereno

Interesting conversation I copied off Excavating The Facebook group. Provoked by Akala's quote in the Guardian: ‘As I grew up, I became embarrassed by my mother’s whiteness.' I think there is miles to dig below our response. I'd love to know your thoughts. #theRenolive

Kamila from i-D is still with us. She asks about half-caste, why we aren't remembered like the Hacienda, and how I gathered my army? We get pretty vocal. As usual. One of our artefacts. The pill which introduced Women's Lib. Photo by Whitworth assistant curator Moss Side born Nikita Gill.

Don't we look rather posh and wonderful in our Whitworth Gallery home. Like a Channel 4 art programme. Fab photo by Karen Rangeley.

Her funeral was today. May she rest in peace.