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Remembering and Forgetting
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Gloria Watson
Single earring and beads
I used to wear this earring
when I was younger, I don’t
wear jewellery any more since
I became a Christian.
These beads came from a
dress I bought for a wedding in
Jamaica. I never wore it; I’d put it
somewhere but couldn’t find it, so
I wore something else. About five
years ago my sister phoned and
she’d found the dress.
Richard Headon
Coffin made from old school desks
We (Desperate Men theatre company) set up a hijack
scene in a lay-by in Devon. Our target was a coach
full of Bristol teachers on their way to a conference
at Dartington Hall.
We pretended to be mourners on the way to bury
‘Old Ed Ways’ with a coffin and a hearse that had
broken down. We needed a lift. Could they help?
After our ‘Undertaker’ had convinced the driver,
we climbed aboard with the coffin.
Violet *
Wrist band
I’ve got twins, they’re 57 now. They were born in
Southmead Hospital.
I was the first black mother to have children there
with a black father.