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Sharing your passions
S omeone painting is Geoff Brignall from Sorrell Court, Kingsteignton, Devon, who took it up as a hobby over thirty years ago. It’s something that’s really kept him going through the pandemic. “I have passionate about been a painter all my working life, spending the last eight years as a painting and decorating instructor at the MOD Resettlement Service at Catterick Garrison.”
Having written and shared stories about her culture in schools, thirty years ago Patsy founded dance group ‘The Caribbean Quadrille Dancers’ who performed in the national dress of Dominica. Following her move from London to Bradford in 2017, she established another Caribbean dance group which took part in the city’s centenary Windrush celebrations. Patsy’s endeavours have even been recognised with awards from the Dominican Government, and an interview aired on the ‘She Talks’ Bradford Community Broadcasting radio series.
Another resident featured on the airwaves is Hilary Stelling from Hanover Gardens in Mulbarton, Norwich. A chance remark about sending her beloved but broken menorah, an eight-branched candelabra used for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, to the BBC’s Repair Shop resulted in the menorah’s restoration and a television appearance. Filmed last February, there was much excitement for Hilary and her family when the episode aired in November. “Although I said I wouldn’t cry on TV, that’s exactly what I did. It has been a fantastic experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat.”
Patsy Peltier Scott from Hanover Close, Bradford has been passionately promoting her Dominican culture with others for years.
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