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RYCT – 8 Celebration
‘We began as strangers, but are now like a family’, said one during this final session in our 8 week project. ‘I am not alone’, said another. We gathered and heard the most remarkable testaments of love. After an abundant and delicious shared lunch, we reviewed our books and our 8 sessions, had a dance…
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RYCT 7 – My family and other animals
With us came photographs of dogs, cats, cat hair, cats and horses jumping, (even a camel arrived), as we explored our family life, our wallpaper, making of sheds, rabbit hutches. We explored all the different homes we’ve lived in, our changing geographies. (My cold is in full swing, so excuse the brevity of this record…
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RYCT 6 – getting married
In our finary, we gathered, with our memories, photographs, hats and veils. Great diversity among us: Married twice, both to the same woman / Never married / Married Nepali Hindi style in red / Married in Catfield Church / Best man to his friends wedding / Diss Registry office and after a train to Great…
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RYCT 5 – Working Life
We went back to work. From social work to becoming a potter. From selling Johnstons shirts to removals. From teacher to librarian, from Karaoke singer to Nurse. From shoe fitter (and x-rayer) to social worker. From artist to forest school facilitator. From milker to land drainage. From Pipe Fitter to football player. From chimney sweeper…
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Final gathering – books and boxes
A glorious final gathering in the Pear Tree, displaying out books and boxes, drinking babycham, and exchanging.
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H&D2 – 6 Box day
We began with a reflection on the 6 weeks, using our flip charts with memory jog drawings along with words. Back in the days when Anna and David were with us, I packed my satchel and in it I put. Once more the collective mind proved useful, each of us remembering and forgetting something different.…
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H&S2 – 5 Homes and families
It was Andrew’s birthday, so naturally we sang, and enjoyed a delicious lemon drizzle cake made by Ester. We spoke of the homes we had lived in, the places where we nested, bought up our children, planted our garden, reared our geese. We spoke of our children, their births and dynamics with suddenly finding other…
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H&D2 – 4 Courtship and Marriage
Berti and Pippa were to get married (again). The event took place in the delightful Pear Tree garden, with Pam as the MC, the celebrant, Esther and Jo were bridesmaids or matron of honours and Kally and Virginia were the floral arch bought for the ceremony to commence beneath and the wedding party to walk…
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H&D2 – 3 Starting out & Working lives
We mimed, like charades of old, our fist work. Kally started with a demonstration of packing, but what was she packing? A hamper. Esther showed how she put on headphones, listened, then typed up and did some walking. Turned out she was working for the Foreign Broadcast unit, listening to French and Italian broadcasts, which…
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Preparing October
We are preparing to start the project, setting up the web page, meetings, and gathering of props.
Remembering yesterday caring today 