The Village Voice group meets every Tuesday afternoon (2pm -4pm in Callendar House Education Room) with a regular and expanding group of interested attendees. Mostly female, strangely enough, and consisting of interesting characters with stories to tell once you scratch the surface. This week I started taking photo portraits of the participants in their domestic settings, which has added a whole new level to my understanding of the dynamics of the group. Another instance of “the more you give, the more you get back”.
This week we collectively visited the Callendar House Archive where Jean, the Archive Assistant outlined to the group the range of documents, ledgers and information that can be accessed in the Archive. It was good to be reminded of the wealth of historical information there… and the group certainly seemed interested. I was trying to emphasise to them that this session was really just an ice breaker and that it was a starting point if any of them wanted to return to look up or research things at a later date. It was lovely to see Lottie enthralled, looking through one of the log books for Bainsford School, as she read about activities of her former teachers. A genuine trip down memory lane provided through the neat handwriting, wrapped up in a leather bound volume, unwittingly recorded through the conscientious note-keeping of her Head teacher, circa 1935. Priceless ! ....... the best things in life are indeed free.... unexpected, unrehearsed and unpremeditated....
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