The pros and cons of manners

A visit from Mayor Tom Hargreaves added an extra voice to our session with the Mature Matters group at St Helens. The Mayor is deeply involved with his local community and so the discussion started with ideas of community - what makes a healthy community? What are signs of it sickening? From this we moved into examining how we're all taught to inter-relate. The pros and cons of manners. Key phrases from this discussion were embroidered onto bunting, like moral post-its from a shared past. 'Eat with your mouth closed.' 'Sit up straight.' 'Manners!' 'Ps + Qs.' The group itself is a little community, a cheerful and supportive one, run by Doreen and Monica. As Doreen said: 'Community? You've got to get to know people. And care about them.'

Caring

embroidering the bunting

Key words from this discussion were embroidered onto bunting, like little moral post-its..

A visit from Mayor Tom Hargreaves added an extra voice to our session with the Mature Matters group in Four Acre.

Mature Matters and the Mayor

Owen and the Mayor

Pauline and Jane

Scripture cake

Vintage cookery books

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