Posted on March 3, 2010 by sophie
No one should be alone, no one should feel trapped in their own home and no one should feel like it’s too late to make friends.
Here at the In Focus group, rehearsals are in session for the group at the Belle Vale’s Millennium Centre first film. The group have proven that it is never too [...]
Posted on March 3, 2010 by sophie
The Belle Vale Prefab Project was set up to document our life and times in the Belle Vale prefabs from 1947-1970. Two books have been produced and two calendars full of wonderful pictures and memories of our special life growing up in Belle Vale. The Prefabs were created to house forces from the second World [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on February 24, 2010 by sophie
This is my first blog, the reason i am doing this is because we are making a film for Toxteth TV about our life experiences over the last 50 years.
I was asked to join this group because i mentioned i still had my Cavern membership card, which was the most famous club in Liverpool in [...]
Posted on February 24, 2010 by sophie
Instead of writing a blog post today i thought i would post a poem i wrote which i feel summarises my experience.
NIGHT AND DAY
Close your eyes, darkness,
Wait there’s colour,
Lots all different,
Movement begins to form shapes,
“I dream” happiness takes all the sadness,
Joy takes all the gloom.
Blackness takes the night
We sleep unmoving
Death can be so close
We rest [...]
Posted on February 24, 2010 by sophie
New fun exercise classes for all ages at the Millennium Centre 9th March- 9.30am-10.30am Tuesday mornings for ONLY £1
The Millennium Centre on Childwall valley will soon host a new healthy lifestyle class this March. The class offers members of the public to develop their own personal health plans, with a personal healthy trainer, check their [...]
Posted on February 11, 2010 by alison
* Photos from the past – living history of our group members.
* An interview about the prefabs project.
* Live Poetry
* Signing and singing by The Liverpool Signing Choir.
* Lots of shortfilms on why our members got involved in activities for the over 50’s.
* Sign posting for how to get involved.
Posted on February 11, 2010 by alison
After a very productive yesterday at Power House we can now confirm that the PowerHouse Cre8tivity Broadcast will take the following format:
Film 1: Dan and Adam’s intro: 2 young men with a fine sense of comic timing introduce the InFocus project… eventually…
Film 2: What is creativity?
Dan and Adam Live Interview with local musician.
Film 3: Sian [...]
Posted on February 11, 2010 by alison
Thought you might be interested to know that Lee Valley Pensioners who form our Happy Days group have a motto:
Lee Valley Pensioners Club
Every Wednesday Afternoon
Endless Friendship
Very Special People
Always Smiling
Liverpool’s Finest
Living Life To The Full
Everyone’s A Winner
You Will Never Walk Alone.
We are trying to reflect this motto in the films and broadcast we are creating. Last [...]
Posted on February 11, 2010 by admin
This is what some of our local residents have to say about the In Focus Project:
” I joined this group in order to get some experience in film making and it has answered all my expectations. It’s good to meet people who share the same passion that you do. It’s definitely the best opportunity that [...]
Posted on February 11, 2010 by admin
The local residents group have been working under the creative title STILL WATERS. They aim to create “a programme in which we will scratch the surface of the pool in Liverpool, to take a look at some of the more enterprising, creative, innovative and caring people in the city.”
Working on the premise that “still [...]
