Friday 25th was the last of the current workshops in the Lennox Castle Stories project. Twenty people piled into the workshop to finish off a vast array of work; a wooden model of a tractor, the original Lennox Castle building modelled in clay, pigs (it’s a long story………) and many, many prints and paintings. After the workshop we met for a sandwich lunch and to have a bit of a chat about the project to date and to decide what happens next.
Everyone said how much they were enjoying the project and how they wanted to tell people what living in the “Castle” had been like. They thought more people would be interested in taking part in the next block of workshops. We have started interviewing ex-staff and other professionals who were involved with Lennox Castle and we have recruited two volunteers from the group to help with the interviews. A considerable number of people want to visit where the hospital had stood (nothing is left of the hospital buildings other than the ruin of the original Castle) and the local area. We hope to arrange this over the next few weeks.
Project Ability and C-Change would like to thank everyone who is taking part in this project for their enthusiasm, commitment and good humour! We are blown away with the dignity with which people are sharing their memories.
