July 9th saw the annual Praze Fair show in the village of Praze an Beeble. It’s reputed to be the oldest one day show in Cornwall and Storylines was there. Even though the weather was miserable it felt like a fitting end to our ‘Linking Lifetimes’ Project and a great opportunity to showcase all the […]
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Stories in Clay- ‘Linking Lifetimes’
Since our last update on the ‘Linking Lifetimes’ project, our lovely group of adults have continued their visits into Crowan Primary School, to exchange stories and collaborate with children. It has been great to see so many of the adults returning each session and the classroom has come alive with laugher, chatter and excitement. In […]
Delving into personal archives… the recordings commence!
The ‘Linking Lifetimes’ project in Praze is now in full swing, and we are looking forward to bringing the community group and children from Crowan Primary School together in a couple of weeks. Of course the children have already listening to stories from the adults they will meet through recordings of school days that were […]
How old is old?! Linking Lifetimes continues
When does someone become ‘old’? How about very old?! This is the question we started off with for our recent Linking Lifetimes workshop at Crowan school. Children personal responses were added on the age hoop to give us a starting point for what turned out to be a very interesting discussion about age. What words do we […]
The ‘Linking Lifetimes’ project begins…
Yesterday we had our first taster session for the ‘Linking Lifetimes’ project in Praze-an-Beeble. Thank you to those who came long to find out more, it was a pleasure to meet you all and hear some stories. Over the next few months we will be running a series of workshops with adults in Praze, looking at […]
Storylines on show at Praze Fair Show
What a pleasure it was to be part of the Praze Fair Show last weekend. We met some lovely people of all ages and heard a few stories too! Our suitcase with its new legs took pride of place, and we were happily set-up next to a lady selling homemade cakes… dangerous and delicious! Thank […]
