Chilton Generations Together: Volunteers

The Core Group as well as additional Volunteers get together for a celebratory photo and record of what they have achieved on the 5th March Open Day. As well as Workshop Coordinator, Sophy Layzell (front right) also included is Event and Project Coordinator of SAW Ltd, Beccy Swaine (back right).

Chilton Trinity Open Day Saturday 05 March 2011

Lots of work went into setting up the Open Day, a huge credit to all the intergenerational volunteers for making the day happen.
Thank you too to all our visitors who came with scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, old school photos, trophies and more!  It was fascinating to see the mementoes and the connections between people - old classmates, teachers and students from 30 years ago, multiple family generations who had all attended the school, future students coming to learn a bit about their new school, also a past student now living in America.

The tours were very popular with long waiting lists.  Many people wanted to have a last look round their old school before it is replaced.  Many memories and stories emerged as people once again walked familiar corridors and viewed the plans for the new building.

The memory wall grew as visitors recalled times past and items were added to our timeline.
Photographer Laura Rouse, assisted by Portia Saunders and Nisha Haq, was very busy in the photo booth taking some stunning photographs of visitors.

Laura setting up the photo booth

Sally Green's cakes were very popular as usual!

The Tours team setting up in the morning

Sharing scrapbook memories from schooldays past

Visitors of all ages

Volunteers hard at work

Chilton Memories - Nisha Haq Photography

Hi Everyone

Well Saturday 5th March was a success and Laura Rouse managed to capture great photos from the photo booth session on the day. It was a fun day and achieved nostalgia amongst visitors. Various people brought in mementoes that Portia and I photographed to document and when I had spare time I managed to take a few shots of what was happening to post here!

This photo was taken of the Chilton Memories wall where people wrote their favourite memory of Chilton Trinity. In post-processing this photo I layered various photos of this wall to create this effect and added a gradient layer and a dark gaussian blur. Hope you like it! More snaps of the day to come :D

Nisha