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Posts with tag: Lowestoft

Frank's mum knitted socks from scrap wool for welly boots Blog posts

Fish knives, knitted socks – and the sound of children playing

Residents at Harleston House in Lowestoft listen to some Extra Time stories, and share a few of their own.

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A slab of clay, marked in a circle with the word PEACE under the image of a flower and a bird Blog posts

Extra Time at the Heritage Open Days

As part of the national Heritage Open Days festival, Extra Time visited the Leiston Long Shop Museum, to exhibit participants’ work and make clay medals and the Heritage Skills Market at the Triangle in Lowestoft, to do a bit of giant knitting and table top weaving.

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Large banner and willow ball on beach with adults and children looking on Blog posts

Hot sand and molten metal, Extra Time has it all

From the dark red sand used in the wooden mould boxes at the Long Shop to the red hot sand on the beach at First Light, Extra Time celebrates Suffolk’s grassroot footballing heritage.

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A school girl in a dark top, her hair swept away from her face, and holding a cardboard football figure in her hands on the table A Trawler Boy looks across the table towards another person Blog posts

Extra Time to Celebrate

Our final celebration session with the children from Kessingland Primary School and residents at Manor Farm Care Home, in which we gallop through the amount and variety of work they’ve created together, and the children receive gold medals for being so completely brilliant.

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Someone embroidering a colourful picture on which are the words lots of shoe makers Blog posts

Limbering up for the final match

The Manor Farm Corncrakes polish off the medals and prep their pictures whilst the children continue to sew their archive drawings whilst telling Dean all about heritage football.

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I think they felt exhausted because all we did was chat. They go out dancing after they win a match Blog posts

A stitch in Extra Time

At Manor Farm, the residents chat about last week’s visit from the children and their thoughts on what they need to flourish in the game of life, whilst over at the school that afternoon, the children discuss the impact of their visit and then begin to stitch their pictures.

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A hand holds up a painted picture of a football scene whilst on the table in front of it is a pencil drawing of Lowestoft Town Football Club crest and trophy Blog posts

Match of the Day

The children visit residents at Manor Farm Care Home to share their stories and pictures from the footballing archive.

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A painted picture of a football match with players central and fans in stands with a pair of floodlights either side Blog posts

Gold medals and cracking goals

The Manor Farm Corncrake create stunning gold medals whilst the children reflect on what they learned about Suffolk Archives and finish off their artwork.

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