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On Sunday 6th July, we gathered at Ascension Church Hulme for a joyful, creative Social Sunday exploring the theme of Birthdays & Celebrations. The aim was to bring people of all ages together to share memories, have fun, and connect across generations.
Continue reading “Social Sunday: Birthdays & Celebrations – An Intergenerational Outreach event at Ascension Hulme”There was lots of laughter, and many smiles, as we shared our stories of a variety of celebrations and special occasions. Some of us shared treasured memories of birthday celebrations in the past, as well as our experiences of the recent inventive ways in which we’d been able to celebrate birthdays in spite of the lockdown.
We also described special gatherings of family and friends to celebrate retirement, weddings, anniversaries and Christmas, as well as bigger public celebrations, including jubilant crowds following a football triumph and even a traditional village celebration to mark the end of the bubonic plague, over 350 years ago!
Food (especially cake!), drinks, music and games played important roles in many of our festivities, as you’ll see in the stories which follow.
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