POEMS FOR MEMORIES Saturday 10th October 2015
POEMS FOR MEMORIES Saturday 10th October 2015 On Saturday, 10th October, we opened the 2015 Chester Literature Festival with an unforgettable day of poetry and memory as we delivered a county-wide project that took in 6 libraries across Cheshire West and Chester. In a unique partnership with the charity Snow Angels and the Cheshire Memories Project, we sent a host of wonderful poets to libraries in Ellesmere Port, Neston, Northwich, Winsford, Frodsham and Chester. At each library, members of the public were invited to talk to our poets about a memory of their locality, their family, their childhood, or anything that was special to them. Our poets then got to work interpreting their memories and presenting them with their very own poem. There were lots of laughs and a few tears shed on an inspirational day for both the poets and the people who were kind enough to share their past. Here are some of the poems created on the day‌
ELLESMERE PORT LIBRARY
FRODSHAM LIBRARY
NORTHWICH LIBRARY
NESTON LIBRARY
CHESTER LIBRARY
WINSFORD LIBRARY
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