Somerstown Stories has a will of its own.
The Heritage Lottery Fund grant has been completed, and so technically the project should be finished…except it isn’t.
I was delighted to be invited to speak about Somerstown Stories at the U3A (University of the 3rd Age) Local History group this afternoon. Around 40 were packed in to the Albert Stanley room in Southsea Community Centre, and I was pleased to learn that this was the largest turnout they’d had for a while!
I spoke for about an 45 minutes on the history of the area, and people spoke to me afterwards saying how much they’d enjoyed it. I also met Sonja, who started her teaching career at Stamshaw Infants – this will be very useful, as I’m hoping to run a similar but scaled down version of the project at Stamshaw Infants as part of their 115th birthday celebrations!
If you have requested a copy, you can collect your book from Somers Park School any time in the next two weeks (up to Feb 15th) between 9:30am and 3pm. They have a list of who have requested books and you’ll need to sign for your copy. If for whatever reason you are unable to collect it from the school, please contact Sharon: sharon.court@gmail.com who can help.
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