The Magpie is a controversial bird. In Europe and the UK it’s associated with superstitions, magic, and named the ‘devil’s bird’ who has an eye for shiny things and, given the chance will pinch your jewellery. There are rhyming prophecy’s too. Such as, ‘One for…
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Happy Chinese New Year of the Ox. The Year of the Ox will be a year of endurance. It’s no longer just about survival but about anchoring ourselves and concretizing our dreams, apparently. Earlier this week, at our first storytelling event Susan Tuckett shared with us her memories of…
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We are the Groves – new community initiative to get The Groves talking! As part of the wider community regeneration of The Groves area of York, residents are launching a new initiative to encourage people to get talking and share stories. From fireside folk tales…
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Do you live in the Groves? Or have you been to the Groves and walked along the roman walls? Have you experienced the silence from the traffic that is gone? Have you enjoyed the color of tulips in the gardens? Then you have a story…
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‘We are the Groves’ is a creative community storytelling project run by local people in the Groves. During this strange time of lockdown we want to gather a range of personal stories from people here in the Groves, York, UK. We want to listen to…
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Three pubs from the past here in The Groves. The Reindeer Inn, now Londis in Penleys Grove Street. The Magpie, formerly ‘The Magpie and Stump’ in Townsend Street now a block of flats, near Del Pyke, and The Castle Howard Ox, also on Townsend Street.…
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