It is our pleasure to be hosting two ‘We Are The Groves (WATG)’ Storytelling Walks with York’s University of the 3rd Age in July. These will be on; Tuesday 5th July 2022 and, Tuesday 12th July 2022. We will begin at 130pm, at the Bile…
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A fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. In the days when wishing was still of some use, a King’s son was bewitched by an old witch, and shut up in an iron stove in a forest. There he passed many years, and no one could…
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We Are The Groves’ storyteller, Althea Thall aka Arabian Phoenix with be performing live this Sunday, 19th June 2022, 7.30pm, as part of the ‘Say Owt’ event HOMER TO HIP HOP: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF SPOKEN WORD. See here for more details – http://www.sayowt.co.uk/upcoming-events.html Hope…
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WELCOME TO THE GROVES – MURAL DESIGN The Groves Association are excited to invite applications for a colourful, expressive and welcoming mural design to be created on Lowther Street. Please send your designs in image (JPG) or PDF to welcometothegroves@gmail.com with a short description (100…
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A Midnight Alarm at Grove Terrace, July 1842. Reported in the Yorkshire Herald and the Yorkshire Gazette on 2 July 1842. So, that was a tale of neighbourhood watch at Grove Terrace in July 1842. Mr Harvey was also charged with shooting at the defendant…
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As part of York Environment Week, 18th – 26th September 2021, we are doing our storytelling walk again on Wednesday 22 September 2021, 6-8pm. Meet at Bile Beans Sign on Lord Mayors Walk. Starting at the Bile Beans sign, join us for an easy storytelling…
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Wednesday 7th July 21 at 7-9pm. Meet by the ‘Bile Beans’ sign on Lord Mayors Walk, YO31 7HA. Come along and walk with us to hear some stories of ‘The Groves’ as we present our ‘Storytelling Walk around The Groves’. Starting at the Bile Beans…
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We Are the Groves Story Share – Tues 13th April at 4pm on Zoom Join us for a FREE community story share as we explore ‘Bile Beans, Saturday Soup and Chocolate’. It will be a chance for people to connect and be inspired to listen…
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Arabian Phoenix shares here her story of ‘Saturday soup’, made in a ‘dutchy’, with aromas wafting over the fence, and best served to new friends and neighbours. And here is Arabian Phoenix recipe for the Saturday (Sat ‘day) soup. Saturday soups are a meal within…
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Following on from us recently putting up The Reindeer, The Magpie, The Ox and The Falcon, we’ve 20 more discs that we’d like to decorate The Groves with. And we are looking for some help with this. We are looking for images that tell a…
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