Preserve your VHS memories before they disappear.

VHS first reached the consumer market in the 1970s. That means many early tapes are now around 50 years old — already beyond the normal life many tapes were expected to have, even when stored carefully.

Over time, VHS and camcorder tapes naturally deteriorate, lose quality and can eventually become unplayable. Proper long-term storage conditions are demanding and difficult to maintain at home, which means countless family memories and moments of real life are quietly disappearing every year.

You send the tapes. We digitise them for free if accepted for the TapeStories archive.

TapeStories exists to help preserve those moments before they are lost forever. Most ordinary people leave behind very little evidence that they ever lived — yet every family, every friendship, every celebration and every life carries stories worth remembering.

These tapes are more than recordings. They are fragments of human history. By preserving and sharing them, we allow future generations to learn from real people, real lives and real moments that would otherwise disappear with time.

Copyright note: some tapes may contain TV recordings, films, commercial music or other copyrighted material. These may still be reviewed or digitised where appropriate, but TapeStories may not be able to publish footage that contains third-party copyright material.