Two group initiatives accomplished in the course of the strict Coronavirus lockdown will probably be preserved ceaselessly at Paisley Heritage Library.
We’re Nonetheless Right here was a mission put collectively by Sally Logan, a well being and well-being officer for Renfrewshire Council Sheltered Housing, and Paisley artist Karen Herbison.
The intention of the mission is to document the ideas of the aged sheltered housing residents who have been shielding in the course of the pandemic below three major themes: My lockdown expertise, Who I'm and Phrases of Knowledge.
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The mission began in November 2020 simply as strict lockdown was coming again into drive and earlier than the vaccine rollout. It resulted in poetry and tales being placed on billboards round Paisley in early 2021. It was additionally put right into a e book, which has now been donated to Paisley Heritage Library.
Karen additionally labored on The Misplaced Language of Making with the Star Venture in Paisley, once more throughout lockdown.
As a part of Renfrewshire Council’s Townscape Heritage and Conservation Space Regeneration Scheme 2 (TH.Cars2), Karen labored with members of Star Venture to create poetry impressed by historic Scottish making phrases.
The gathering has additionally been handed over to the library and Karen stated she is proud the lockdown work is being preserved for future generations.
She stated: “I may have gone alongside and handed it over myself however I didn’t really feel that was proper. I needed it to be for those who took half as nicely.
“If I’m touched by my work being within the Heritage Library then it’s double for them.
“A number of them stated they didn’t assume anyone would ever learn what they’d written. Now it’s going to be within the library ceaselessly.
“We’re Nonetheless Right here marked a vital time in historical past. Lockdown wasn’t simply lived by historians, it was peculiar folks and that is how they felt about it.
“We’re mighty excited to assume our work will probably be there in say 100 years for folks to look again on and see what was happening throughout lockdown and the way it was for peculiar folks.”
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