August has just whizzed by!……. and unfortunately that means i am no longer based at the lovely market in Accrington. I will miss the people of Accrington who  have shared so much with me! Please please come and join us tomorrow at 12pm for a commemorative exhibition at the Haworth Gallery. All the community work i have done throughout August will be shown…….but if you can`t make it tomorrow it is on for a while and i promise to put some photos on here. I hope to see you tomorrow…..

I shared the story of Anne Haworth with the interested fan creators throughout the afternoon. The community were interested to hear about Anne as a sister, devoting her life to Accrington community and then finally giving the community the house that we now call Haworth gallery.

If you would like to make a ‘fan for Anne’ please come and visit me at Accrington market and your fan will contribute to the commemorative exhibition at the Haworth Gallery.

The market has a friendly community feel and i felt welcomed into market life, but somewhat watched……….the butchers opposite me seemed to take delight in watching eccentric characters approach me,  one of which swooped and swiped a fan as if a sword!

My first conversation was unfortunately with a man, who having never been to the Haworth Gallery was adamant it should be sold and the money ‘put to good use.’ I asked what he would spend the money on, to which he replied,’ a new market floor,’ ( i later discovered that the floor he wanted to replace was the original stone flooring.) He insisted Accrington people agreed with his point of view……i was glad to find out he was wrong. Accrington community didn`t disappoint, and although there was some puzzlement as to what an artist was doing in their market, i heard from a lot of locals about how much they valued the Haworth. One local spoke about childhood visits there and described it as a ‘treasure.’