Thursday’s blog
We awoke to rain falling on the roof and mist outside. The weather had finally broke, but never mind we have had several days of sunshine.
As today was to be the first of our two visits to the prison’s, we needed to be away early for the drive to Gherla which is about an hour away. Dr Stanca goes into the prison every week so we relied on her for direction – oops! She goes by train as she doesn’t drive. We ended up in the industrial part of Cluj which was in the right direction but a dead end basically. After asking for directions and going along an unclassified road we got onto the road for Gherla, but now we were falling behind time. Romanian road craft is.....? well let’s say frantic for the want of a better word. The best thing is to go with the flow and keeps your eyes peeled, so John went native as we drove to Gherla. Fortunately we arrived at the prison only a few minutes late.
The prison was built by Mary Theresa, queen in the nineteenth century for the criminals of Europe. The prison houses 1,500 inmates consisting of men and youths. The political cells are 30 feet below the river Somes and this means that they are very wet. I don’t think they are in use any more. We were taken into the education block and 28 men came to listen to us talk about our lives and why we had come to Romania. It was a pleasure to be with them and share; unlike British prisons there is no parole or early release system, if someone is sentenced to 20 years they serve 20 years. When we had finished talking to the men we were shown the painting room where the men paint Jesus for the Orhtordox church. These paintings are magnificent and done with an incredible amount of talent. We also saw other drawings and paintings the men had done and these are top class pieces of art. There is so much talent going to waste that could be of great benefit to humanity. Unfortunately for obvious reasons, we could not take photos. We left the prison after two hours, but in that time our lives had taken on a new perspective.
On our way back we dropped off Dr Stanca in Cluj and made our way back to FAF (Family Aid Foundation) for lunch. As we got out of the car Snitchell, Pastor Rufus’s dog, made his customary greeting and we filed in for minced beef topped with cheese and sour cream. After lunch it was time to regroup and prepare for the afternoon service at the Baptist Church in Mera, about 10 miles north west of Cluj.
Atti went with us and we arranged to meet Pastor Pal on the outskirts of Mera. This is Pastor Pal’s second church that he serves but is far poorer than the one at Luna De Sus. As we got further into Mera the road became steadily worse until it was mainly just mud and we arrived at this small Baptist Church that is over 100 years old. As we went inside the air was thick with smoke from the burner that sits in the middle of the church, I looked up to see if any fish or joints of meat were hanging for smoking. On the left the women were sat and on the right the men – very traditional. There was a real sense of the love of God among the people and we had a blessed time with them. When the service had finished we took photos and one of the women came up to Anita and gave her a necklace. These necklaces are made of plastic beads and are very ornate and colourful. The women make them and then go to the markets to sell them, so we ended up going to one of the homes to see more of these necklaces and ornate trinkets. We have brought some with us that we are going to see if we can sell for her at church.
Once again we got blessed more than the people we came to bless. We arrived back at FAF to a pasta dinner and enjoyed an evening of relaxing and talking.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Romanian mission working in the sunshine on the House of Joy
Wednesday’s blog
Once again we woke to another glorious day. The weather has been exceptional as normally this time of year they expect it to be -10. Most of the time working outside we have been in T shirts and sweating when working. They are saying that rain is on it’s way, but never mind, the weather we have had has been a blessing.
Levi was saying that they are making the most of the good weather to get on with the building work as when the winter really sets in they will have to stop until the spring. When you consider that most of the construction work is by hand, you can understand why they will stop. While working outside this morning I began to think about this. Mine and Rays job was to continue digging some holes for concrete supports and Levi said to me that they needed to be 50cm deep, so I asked him for a tape so that I could keep measuring but he said just to go to the top of my knee then it would be deep enough! Anyway, as I was digging I thought to myself, if it was -10 there is no way that I could dig this hole as the soil would be solid and so cold to work. Fortunately we got the holes dug before lunch so that we could relax and prepare for the evening meeting at the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus.
Before we started work this morning Levi brought the Romanian team into the house we are using for prayers. He thought it would be good too if we went around every body to say a bit about themselves so that we can get to know each other better. We found out that Richard is from the Congo, that Dr Stanca, who is 84, spent time in Siberia because of the Russians and that Dorrian wants to start a church. At the end we knew each other more intimately.
In the afternoon our team spent time preparing for our visit to the church at Luna. We set of at 4.30 and the people carrier would not start as the battery was flat. Fortunately we were able to take the Dacia car and made our way into Cluj. Yesterday Levi had taken us to Luna to meet the aid lorry and to show us the way so that we could go on our own today, and although we did make one wrong turn, we got there on time. It was nice to meet up with pastor Pal again and he showed us around the church and then asked us to join him talking to some young women who were preparing for baptism in December. Pal asked Ray and I to have some input and he interpreted for us. After a little while the women said to him that they could understand English!
The service began and Pal had Anita, Ray and Maud give testimony for a time. Some hymns had been sung which were sung in Hungarian as this part of Romania used to be Hungarian. We then sung ‘Give me oil in my lamp’ to the congregation and some of them knew the tune so joined in with us, although some just laughed – did we sing that badly? I finished off by bringing the word of God and then we said our goodbyes to the congregation.
Pal then took us up to his apartment which is at the top of the church and we had super; chicken and roasted vegetables followed by some cream filled rolls that a member of the church had made for us. We didn’t have many – honest.
Tomorrow we have a big day as we have to leave early to go to the prison in Gherla which is over an hour away. We then come back to Cluj to meet up with Pal to go to his other church in Mera in the afternoon.
It is now nearly midnight so I am going to sign off. God bless you all.
Once again we woke to another glorious day. The weather has been exceptional as normally this time of year they expect it to be -10. Most of the time working outside we have been in T shirts and sweating when working. They are saying that rain is on it’s way, but never mind, the weather we have had has been a blessing.
Levi was saying that they are making the most of the good weather to get on with the building work as when the winter really sets in they will have to stop until the spring. When you consider that most of the construction work is by hand, you can understand why they will stop. While working outside this morning I began to think about this. Mine and Rays job was to continue digging some holes for concrete supports and Levi said to me that they needed to be 50cm deep, so I asked him for a tape so that I could keep measuring but he said just to go to the top of my knee then it would be deep enough! Anyway, as I was digging I thought to myself, if it was -10 there is no way that I could dig this hole as the soil would be solid and so cold to work. Fortunately we got the holes dug before lunch so that we could relax and prepare for the evening meeting at the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus.
Before we started work this morning Levi brought the Romanian team into the house we are using for prayers. He thought it would be good too if we went around every body to say a bit about themselves so that we can get to know each other better. We found out that Richard is from the Congo, that Dr Stanca, who is 84, spent time in Siberia because of the Russians and that Dorrian wants to start a church. At the end we knew each other more intimately.
In the afternoon our team spent time preparing for our visit to the church at Luna. We set of at 4.30 and the people carrier would not start as the battery was flat. Fortunately we were able to take the Dacia car and made our way into Cluj. Yesterday Levi had taken us to Luna to meet the aid lorry and to show us the way so that we could go on our own today, and although we did make one wrong turn, we got there on time. It was nice to meet up with pastor Pal again and he showed us around the church and then asked us to join him talking to some young women who were preparing for baptism in December. Pal asked Ray and I to have some input and he interpreted for us. After a little while the women said to him that they could understand English!
The service began and Pal had Anita, Ray and Maud give testimony for a time. Some hymns had been sung which were sung in Hungarian as this part of Romania used to be Hungarian. We then sung ‘Give me oil in my lamp’ to the congregation and some of them knew the tune so joined in with us, although some just laughed – did we sing that badly? I finished off by bringing the word of God and then we said our goodbyes to the congregation.
Tomorrow we have a big day as we have to leave early to go to the prison in Gherla which is over an hour away. We then come back to Cluj to meet up with Pal to go to his other church in Mera in the afternoon.
It is now nearly midnight so I am going to sign off. God bless you all.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Updates from the Romania mission
Tuesday’s blog
It was 7.24 this morning when a text came on the phone. I quickly got the phone as I had a good idea who it was – yes it was Kolea to say that his ETA was about one hour to the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus with the aid. With a 45 minute drive and the team not ready, he was going to get there before us.
We set off with Levi driving but could not make great time as the road from Deus to Cluj isn’t the best and cars have to go on the other side of the road to avoid the pot holes. We finally got into Cluj and the Oradea road to Luna but then came across a massive jam – no this was not the M25, but it could have been. We were negotiating the jam because of a road accident when another text came through from Kolea to say that he had arrived. We finally got to the church at 9.30 and began to unload.
The truck has arrived at the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus
The unloading quickly got underway with many helping hands from the church – many hands make light work. The mood of everyone was joyful and the truck soon began to empty. Pastor Pal was in the basement of the church directing where boxes should go as each box was clearly marked with the contents, so these will be easy to sort and distribute.
Before we left the UK, Pastor Rufus had written up an itinerary for us and had us down on Tuesday to go to Lunca Mores (Lunca Moresh) to be at the gypsy mothers meeting and afterwards with the children’s meeting. But, with going to Luna to unload the vehicle this would not be possible, or so we thought. Progress was so rapid with the unloading that Levi said that we could still make it Lunca, so with a quick goodbye to Pastor Pal we set off back to meet Atti who was taking us Lunca.
By 1pm we were sat in Atti’s father and mother’s house having lunch – white bean soup followed by chicken in sauce. Very tasty.
After lunch we went into the attic of the house for the mothers meeting. Corrina was quite stern as she spoke to the mothers as there had been some bickering about who had received some clothes the previous week. As Corrina said, these are gifts not a right. Although stern, Corrina was loving as she pointed out that they had a wrong attitude; the mothers accepted her chastisement and apologised. We were given the opportunity to speak to them and said that being a Christian was about being part of a big family, and that we had popped over from England to see our sisters. This was well received and brought a big smile to their faces.
When the mothers left it was time for the children to come in and we had a joyful time listening to them singing some songs. After the songs Atti was going to do some rehearsing with them for their Christmas nativity, so Corrina suggested that we go down the road and see an old lady called Essie who is wheelchair bound and has no family. She is looked after by some people who live above her small basement room that has no electricity, a small bed, no carpet, one door to the outside and one window, with the ceiling being about 5’9” inches from the floor. I say about because the floor had more ups and downs than the Alps! This woman lives by herself and spends her day sat in the wheelchair in the doorway watching the world go by. She can’t easily move the chair as she is paralysed down one side and the tyres have been removed from the rims as they are punctured. Basically her life is the pits but she still had a smile for us and welcomed us to her home. It is for people like Essie that you folks back home have given the aid and why we came out here to give whatever support we can, meagre as it is.
We spent some time with Essie but had difficulty speaking to her as her paralysis has affected her speech, so sign language was the order of the day, even for Corrina. It was hard to leave Essie because although the people above her look after her, they too are in absolute poverty and so can only do so much. But you have to leave, so we returned to Atti’s mum’s home.
Arnu, Atti’s mum, gave us a look around the farm? Yes a farm in the back yard of the house. In the yard they keep pigs, rabbits, hens, ducks and store corn on the cob that they grow in a field outside of the village. No doubt DEFRA would have a field day with them about animal welfare, but this is how these people feed themselves as they have no income or state benefit. This is not living – this is survival!!
By the time we left Lunca Mores the light was fading and so were our reserves. You can only take so much heartache in one day, but oh boy, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Despite their situation these people can still smile and just get on with life.
Anyway, it is now 11pm so I am going to my bed as we have another big day ahead. Construction work in the morning, and then, preparing for preaching at the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus in the evening. Good night.
It was 7.24 this morning when a text came on the phone. I quickly got the phone as I had a good idea who it was – yes it was Kolea to say that his ETA was about one hour to the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus with the aid. With a 45 minute drive and the team not ready, he was going to get there before us.
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| On the streets in Romania |
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| Zero immisions Romanian style |
The truck has arrived at the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus
The unloading quickly got underway with many helping hands from the church – many hands make light work. The mood of everyone was joyful and the truck soon began to empty. Pastor Pal was in the basement of the church directing where boxes should go as each box was clearly marked with the contents, so these will be easy to sort and distribute.
Before we left the UK, Pastor Rufus had written up an itinerary for us and had us down on Tuesday to go to Lunca Mores (Lunca Moresh) to be at the gypsy mothers meeting and afterwards with the children’s meeting. But, with going to Luna to unload the vehicle this would not be possible, or so we thought. Progress was so rapid with the unloading that Levi said that we could still make it Lunca, so with a quick goodbye to Pastor Pal we set off back to meet Atti who was taking us Lunca.
By 1pm we were sat in Atti’s father and mother’s house having lunch – white bean soup followed by chicken in sauce. Very tasty.
After lunch we went into the attic of the house for the mothers meeting. Corrina was quite stern as she spoke to the mothers as there had been some bickering about who had received some clothes the previous week. As Corrina said, these are gifts not a right. Although stern, Corrina was loving as she pointed out that they had a wrong attitude; the mothers accepted her chastisement and apologised. We were given the opportunity to speak to them and said that being a Christian was about being part of a big family, and that we had popped over from England to see our sisters. This was well received and brought a big smile to their faces.
When the mothers left it was time for the children to come in and we had a joyful time listening to them singing some songs. After the songs Atti was going to do some rehearsing with them for their Christmas nativity, so Corrina suggested that we go down the road and see an old lady called Essie who is wheelchair bound and has no family. She is looked after by some people who live above her small basement room that has no electricity, a small bed, no carpet, one door to the outside and one window, with the ceiling being about 5’9” inches from the floor. I say about because the floor had more ups and downs than the Alps! This woman lives by herself and spends her day sat in the wheelchair in the doorway watching the world go by. She can’t easily move the chair as she is paralysed down one side and the tyres have been removed from the rims as they are punctured. Basically her life is the pits but she still had a smile for us and welcomed us to her home. It is for people like Essie that you folks back home have given the aid and why we came out here to give whatever support we can, meagre as it is.
We spent some time with Essie but had difficulty speaking to her as her paralysis has affected her speech, so sign language was the order of the day, even for Corrina. It was hard to leave Essie because although the people above her look after her, they too are in absolute poverty and so can only do so much. But you have to leave, so we returned to Atti’s mum’s home.
Arnu, Atti’s mum, gave us a look around the farm? Yes a farm in the back yard of the house. In the yard they keep pigs, rabbits, hens, ducks and store corn on the cob that they grow in a field outside of the village. No doubt DEFRA would have a field day with them about animal welfare, but this is how these people feed themselves as they have no income or state benefit. This is not living – this is survival!!
By the time we left Lunca Mores the light was fading and so were our reserves. You can only take so much heartache in one day, but oh boy, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Despite their situation these people can still smile and just get on with life.
Anyway, it is now 11pm so I am going to my bed as we have another big day ahead. Construction work in the morning, and then, preparing for preaching at the Baptist Church in Luna De Sus in the evening. Good night.
Monday, 15 November 2010
Cumbrian Messenger hands over The Blog to Romanian mission
I am pleased to hand over this blog for the next few days to a group of people who have gone out to Romania to help create a safe haven for young girls and their babies.
John Dawson from Brough has coordiated the project and he will be writing his blog about the tripo which started this weekend.
John set off from Brough at 8pm on Saturday night to go and pick up Maud from Thirsk. From there we carried on to Leeds to pick up Ray and Anita, and then onto Luton Airport.
Due to being in the early hours of Sunday morning, the M1 was quiet and we made good time, actually in plenty of time, but better to be early than late. By 2.30am we had officially made it into the souwf as we stopped at Watford Gap - 2 Yorkshire folk, and 2 southerners.The northerners were making it through by stealth but any boffer and the southerner would get us through.
We made it to our car parking venue for 3.30 and were greeted by the helpful staff at Airport Carparkz.
We were dropped at the airport ten minutes later and went into the terminal - 2 hours before the opening of check in. John proceeded to enjoy the benefits of the Luton Airport Hotel and went into the land of nod. Where there's no sense there's no feeling.
The intrepid explorers were suitably filled with tea and hot chocolate and then got down to praying for a safe flight.
The fight was uneventful and we 'wizzed' through the air to land on-time at Cluj. Levi was there to pick us up and took us to our first meeting at the gypsy church in Pata Rat.
Now we were to see real life Romania and the reason why we were distributing the aid that so many people had graciously given. Romania has embraced new EU emissions regulations that require zero emissions. We enjoyed celebrating with the gypsy Christians and as the video clip shows, we got into the swing of the traditional music.
Levi tooks us further up the Gypsy camp which consisted of people just living in shacks and then over the hill to the rubbish dump where he showed us the homes of people who actually live inside the dump. They make their living by sorting through the rubbish and seperating the recyclabe stuff to sell to the recycling busineses. Next time you complain about sorting the recycling at home, remember that you don't have to do it to survive.
The mood in the car turned sombre as we headed away from the camp and to where we are to spend the rest of the week. Fortunately for us, Levi and his wife, Ioana, have given their house over to us and we have enjoyed a well prepared meal of pork and rice wrapped in a cabbage leaf - extremely tasty. We are in stark contrast to the living conditions of the gypsies that we left today, and this once again reinforces why we wanted to see the people who would benefit from the aid.
John Dawson from Brough has coordiated the project and he will be writing his blog about the tripo which started this weekend.
John set off from Brough at 8pm on Saturday night to go and pick up Maud from Thirsk. From there we carried on to Leeds to pick up Ray and Anita, and then onto Luton Airport.
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| John at Ray and Anita's house before setting off for Luton |
Due to being in the early hours of Sunday morning, the M1 was quiet and we made good time, actually in plenty of time, but better to be early than late. By 2.30am we had officially made it into the souwf as we stopped at Watford Gap - 2 Yorkshire folk, and 2 southerners.The northerners were making it through by stealth but any boffer and the southerner would get us through.
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| At the Airport Carparkz: Angela and Guy Hollis, Gary Kird and Andrew Melville |
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| Outside Carparkz |
We were dropped at the airport ten minutes later and went into the terminal - 2 hours before the opening of check in. John proceeded to enjoy the benefits of the Luton Airport Hotel and went into the land of nod. Where there's no sense there's no feeling.
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| John enjoys a sleep before departure |
The intrepid explorers were suitably filled with tea and hot chocolate and then got down to praying for a safe flight.
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| Praying for a safe flight. |
The fight was uneventful and we 'wizzed' through the air to land on-time at Cluj. Levi was there to pick us up and took us to our first meeting at the gypsy church in Pata Rat.
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| Arriving at Cluj Airport |
Now we were to see real life Romania and the reason why we were distributing the aid that so many people had graciously given. Romania has embraced new EU emissions regulations that require zero emissions. We enjoyed celebrating with the gypsy Christians and as the video clip shows, we got into the swing of the traditional music.
Levi tooks us further up the Gypsy camp which consisted of people just living in shacks and then over the hill to the rubbish dump where he showed us the homes of people who actually live inside the dump. They make their living by sorting through the rubbish and seperating the recyclabe stuff to sell to the recycling busineses. Next time you complain about sorting the recycling at home, remember that you don't have to do it to survive.
The mood in the car turned sombre as we headed away from the camp and to where we are to spend the rest of the week. Fortunately for us, Levi and his wife, Ioana, have given their house over to us and we have enjoyed a well prepared meal of pork and rice wrapped in a cabbage leaf - extremely tasty. We are in stark contrast to the living conditions of the gypsies that we left today, and this once again reinforces why we wanted to see the people who would benefit from the aid.
Tomorrow, Monday, we are scheduled to work in the warehouse sorting out clothing and other materials for distribution to the needy. We have been told to be ready for 08.30am for prayers and then into work, which we are told will be cold. Not as cold as those who live in the shacks will be. Please do not give up giving to the missions mart.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Getting ready for all the e-Biz
It’s an exciting time for Chesworth Press Agency as we are working on the launch of a countywide business news service.
It’s a time of meetings and sorting out experts in all areas of business to be writers for the daily business news website and weekly e-magazine.
One of the important things in business today is making sure no one can use your identity in social networking, so before we even told anyone about eBusinessCumbria we had to buy the domain name, set up the Facebook page and Twitter accounts.
So now you can follow the build up to the launch by following us at twitter.com/eBizCumbria or on our Facebook page BusinessCumbria.
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Oh what a show time in Eden
The kids are back at school and the nights are drawing in, but for a reporter in rural Cumbria it is the last of the agricultural shows that heralds the end of summer.
Every weekend there seems to have been a town or village show and I must admit it did feel like Ground Hog Day at times – the same faces, the same horses bottoms.
Nearer the end of the show season in the Eden Valley I was having to double check I hadn’t already photographed the same person with the same show bird at an event the week before.
But it has been a great show season for everyone – despite everyone complaining about the wet summer we have had, every show except Dufton’s Royal Fellside enjoyed sunshine all day long. And even at Dufton it was only the odd, but very heavy shower.
And the rain at the right time has led to a bumper showing of vegetables, especially the giant entries. Though the poor old garden flowers did get a bit of a beating from the rain and wind.
The summer shows are the backbone of my reporting during July, August and September, and though it is hard work getting the results, photographs and videos uploaded the same day as the event, it is well worth it. And my work is a lot less than the volunteers who spend the whole year planning and working towards a day that can be wiped out with one bad day of weather.
Though based on competitive spirit, these traditional shows bring everyone in the community together. And I always come away with more news stories. It is a time when you get the chance to catch up with people, have a chat and remind people about their daily, local news websites http://www.edenvalleymessenger.com/ and http://www.thelakedistrictmessenger.com/
Take a look at the video’s from this year’s Eden Valley shows and see for yourself. And don’t forget to leave a message or comment. Your feedback is important to me. Now the show season is over for me, I'll be writing my blog again to give you the inside view of life as a reporter in rural England.
Dufton's Royal Fellside Show Crosby Ravensworth Show and Vintage Rally, Appleby Show, Ravenstonedale Show and Brough Show.
Thursday, 17 June 2010
From mums and toddlers to World Cup anthem
When we moved to Cumbria 16 years ago we knew no one. We had been made redundant after the newspaper we both worked on in Manchester closed. We had just taken out a mortgage on a cottage in the shadow of Great Dunn Fell and had booked our wedding at Penrith registry office. We moved up, lock, stock and barrel.
We soon got to know people. We went to the local pub in the next village and I joined the WI – instant friends. But it wasn’t until we had a child that we really began to feel part of this wonderful, close knit community.
With a baby in arms everyone stops to say hello. The first visit into Appleby the week after she was born people came up to her and put coins in her hand as a token of good luck – and it seems to have paid dividend as a I feel we are very lucky to be living and working in such a wonderful place.
Most of my closest friends are now people I met at Mothers and Toddlers group, nursery, outside the primary school and at the dance classes and music events.
And I was fortunate enough to meet some of the new pupils from my daughter’s old primary school this week. As you can see, these friendships last long after my daughter left the village school.
A school of less than 30 children, they often join forces with other similar sized schools in the area to share events. The Middle Eden Small Schools network was holding their week of world music workshops at Cliburn Village Hall which culminates in a concert on the Thursday. And this year’s theme was the World Cup.
The children were led by Barbara Gilbertson of Music for Life. They wrote then performed their own Anthem for England’s World Cup team.
Their anthem is so catchy I’ve been humming Come On England ever since. And their anthem shows that children attending small schools don’t miss out but gain a great deal from working together. Small schools sharing resources such as Barbara’s workshops is a great way for the kids to get to know those they will be going to Grammar School with in just over a year’s time, and also provides them with professional tuition from an experienced musician.
I’ll let the kids show you themselves, their musical talents. Here’s the link to a video we have on the Eden Valley Messenger website of them in rehearsal. Come On England!
We soon got to know people. We went to the local pub in the next village and I joined the WI – instant friends. But it wasn’t until we had a child that we really began to feel part of this wonderful, close knit community.
With a baby in arms everyone stops to say hello. The first visit into Appleby the week after she was born people came up to her and put coins in her hand as a token of good luck – and it seems to have paid dividend as a I feel we are very lucky to be living and working in such a wonderful place.
Most of my closest friends are now people I met at Mothers and Toddlers group, nursery, outside the primary school and at the dance classes and music events.
And I was fortunate enough to meet some of the new pupils from my daughter’s old primary school this week. As you can see, these friendships last long after my daughter left the village school.
A school of less than 30 children, they often join forces with other similar sized schools in the area to share events. The Middle Eden Small Schools network was holding their week of world music workshops at Cliburn Village Hall which culminates in a concert on the Thursday. And this year’s theme was the World Cup.
The children were led by Barbara Gilbertson of Music for Life. They wrote then performed their own Anthem for England’s World Cup team.
Their anthem is so catchy I’ve been humming Come On England ever since. And their anthem shows that children attending small schools don’t miss out but gain a great deal from working together. Small schools sharing resources such as Barbara’s workshops is a great way for the kids to get to know those they will be going to Grammar School with in just over a year’s time, and also provides them with professional tuition from an experienced musician.
I’ll let the kids show you themselves, their musical talents. Here’s the link to a video we have on the Eden Valley Messenger website of them in rehearsal. Come On England!
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