Now the title could quite easily have been reversed to “making history out of our stories”, and both are at the heart of a new project to record the memories of Chorlton people which will go a long way to addressing the traditional history books.*
All of which is an introduction to this exciting project.
“The Story of Our Lives is a community project which is bringing together older people who want to share their stories, lessons and memories, with a group of voluntary writers who are keen to listen, learn and record what they hear.
Once a week for a month, local people who may not otherwise have met, came together over a cuppa, enjoying a chat about a key theme and then together, working towards creating an anthology of tales that preserves and celebrates the memories shared that day.
This project is being made possible by the support of Chorlton Good Neighbours and a range of wonderful volunteers including the story tellers and writers themselves."
And this Sunday, the result of the project was previewed during Chorlton Arts Festival at Chorlton Unitarian Church**
Jolene who has organized the project commented “A massive thank you to Chorlton Unitarian Church and the Chorlton Arts Festival for hosting our Stories of Our Lives celebration event, as well as everyone else who came to support this wonderful community writing project.
It was a full turn out, and the participants of this project really got a lot out of sharing their efforts with such a lovely audience. If you want to support the creators getting their words into print whilst also getting a copy of the book yourself, see this link”. ***
Location; Chorlton
Pictures; The Story of Our Lives, Chorlton Unitarian Church, 2019, courtesy of the project
*Stories of Our Lives community writing project, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Stories%20of%20Our%20Lives%20community%20writing%20project
**Chorlton Arts Festival, http://chorltonartsfestival.org/
***Jolene, https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thestoryofourlives
“The Story of Our Lives is a community project which is bringing together older people who want to share their stories, lessons and memories, with a group of voluntary writers who are keen to listen, learn and record what they hear.
Once a week for a month, local people who may not otherwise have met, came together over a cuppa, enjoying a chat about a key theme and then together, working towards creating an anthology of tales that preserves and celebrates the memories shared that day.
And this Sunday, the result of the project was previewed during Chorlton Arts Festival at Chorlton Unitarian Church**
Jolene who has organized the project commented “A massive thank you to Chorlton Unitarian Church and the Chorlton Arts Festival for hosting our Stories of Our Lives celebration event, as well as everyone else who came to support this wonderful community writing project.
Location; Chorlton
Pictures; The Story of Our Lives, Chorlton Unitarian Church, 2019, courtesy of the project
*Stories of Our Lives community writing project, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Stories%20of%20Our%20Lives%20community%20writing%20project
***Jolene, https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thestoryofourlives
Thanks for your wonderful (and speedy) support Andrew!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jolene ..... it is a wonderful project.
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