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[The Dogmother]

Sunday 19th July

 

Is anyone else involved?

 

Our street is having a massive street party - the road will be closed, everyone is bringing food, there are people organising entertainment, music, dancing and the suchlike. All races and creeds are getting involved

 

Most of us are shy, many of us lead single lives and even when we are together often go our own way. Ninety-seven per cent of neighbourhoods are more fragmented than they were 30 years ago. We just don’t gel the way we used to. Isn’t it crazy that 10 million of us are networking regularly online yet we barely know who lives next-door? Yet, inside almost everyone there is a notion that despite our differences, the ties that bind us are important. The Big Lunch is your excuse to cut loose. You’re all invited. Every man, woman, child, cat, dog and bird from every type of community, from best-kept hamlets to inner city estates to prisons and hospitals, all are welcome. All we ask is that you come as you, open-minded and up-for-it.

 

There are lots of ways for people to get involved, from growing their own food and flowers to forming a band or creating a piece of pavement art. Discover common ground across age, class, faith, race and the garden fence. Remind yourself charity begins at home, or at most, a couple of doors away. Reclaim your street as a place to share stories and balloon blowing when you run out of puff. Rediscover the things you once knew but forgot, from baking bread to breaking the ice with neighbours, so the familiar feels new and the new feels familiar.

[Guest]

I think kazaddress is doing something. We are having a parish barbecue in the evening, so I can't do this as well. I am quite envious of neighbourhoods which go ahead with this sort of thing. It really is needed in our country.

[The Dogmother]

We're lucky in that our road of Victorian house has a great community atmosphere anyway.

 

Most of the residents are pulling together to help organise it, and posters showing support are appearing in windows along the road.

 

We have 96 houses, and so far, a 76% show of support.

[Guest]

That's excellent. I'm sure you'll have a great day!

[Tina C]

St Neots is doing 'Picnic in the Park' as part of this. Only found out yesterday. We are hosting a Spanish student for a month from tomorrow and it will be her last Sunday with us, so am thinking about suggesting all the host families get together in one of the big parks in town and join in the fun.

 

Good luck with your street party Clare.

[Egluntyne]

Sounds fantastic. Good luck with it.

[Guest]

Hmmmm - I could host some sort of garden party but its just a week after our big village bash - when we party on down after the village show!

[lisa33]

I was going to try and arrange this but as i'm away quite a bit at the mo I couldn't.

 

I think they're going to do it every year so I will try to sort it for next year.

 

Hope you have a great time Clare

[The Dogmother]

Just been sent

to a video about it

 

*at the time of checking, there weren't any nasty comments on it*

[Tulip]

I haven't had time or energy to arrange one, but there was talk of one just round the corner... I asked if I could help and drum up interest in our street but they ignored my message - ho hum.

 

Have a great time those of you that do - I think it's a great idea