Parish Magazine - April 2021

Bretforton Live & Local Living Room project We’re very excited that Bretforton has been selected for a Live and Local Living Room Project. Storyteller Suzanne Tumnus needs your stories, tales, memories of Bretforton which she’ll weave into an online ‘storywalk’ around the village.

Hello my name is Suzanne Tumnus, I’m a storyteller and folklorist and I’ve been twinned with your lovely village as part of Live and Local’s LivingRoom project.

The original plan was for me to come to the village, gather stories and create a story walk for everyone to join, bringing their own stories and sharing them on the walk. But we live in strange times, and “in person” story walks are more than a little difficult to organise at the moment, so I’ll be creating a video of the walk instead, using photos of Bretforton, and stories gathered from the residents.

And that’s where you come in! I don’t just want to retell the stories that I’ve found on the internet (though I would like to hear of any sightings of ghosts and whether you do really drop everything you’re carrying if you walk round Spot Loggin’s well 3 times blindfolded!)

I want to share the stories that you have, memories of events in the village, things that happened in recent times, the Parish Games, the sport, the shuds and hovels, asparagus harvests and things passed down from mouth to ear. Pictures, photos, poems, ramblings - all welcome!

The project is already underway and has to be completed by 31st May 2021.

I’ll be keeping in touch with Nigel and Tash at the Fleece, and we hope to have a Zoom meeting with villagers at some point soon. As soon as we’re allowed, I’ll be travelling over to Bretforton to share a pint and a story outside the Fleece, (Socially distanced and Covid aware) but if you can’t get on Zoom or to the pub, please contact me with your story, or photo, or if you’d just like to know more about the project, write an email or a letter. (contact details below) Hope to hear from you soon, Best wishes and stay safe Suzanne Tumnus The Little Class, The Old School, Coreley, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 3AP. Email suzannetumnus@btinternet.com 20